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Peter De Savary vows to help Grenada lure airline to replace carrier LIAT |
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: A British resort developer says he'll put up bond money to help Grenada attract an alternative to LIAT, a regional air carrier that islanders complain is plagued by tardy service, canceled flights and high ticket prices.
"We are willing to put up hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars in the form of bonds to the airlines to guarantee the airlines that they don't lose any money if they bring the planes to Grenada," Peter de Savary said Sunday during a conference call.
De Savary, whose Skibo Castle in Scotland was chosen as the spot of Madonna's 2000 wedding to filmmaker Guy Ritchie, owns resorts and marinas that have helped Grenada's tourism-based economy recover from devastating hurricanes in 2004 and 2005.
Grenada's prime minister, Keith Mitchell, has said Grenada may partner with other Caribbean islands to provide a substitute for LIAT, which is owned by several regional governments including Barbados, Antigua, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Representatives of LIAT, which merged last year with the struggling Caribbean Star carrier, did not immediately return calls made Monday to its headquarters in Antigua or to its commercial office in Barbados.
LIAT flight attendants stranded hundreds of passengers throughout the region last month by staging a one-day sickout to press pension-fund demands. Grenadian Tourism Minister Clarice Modeste-Curwen on Saturday called for LIAT to apologize to passengers for poor service.
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