By Zoila Palma: Today, on Open Your Eyes, Prime Minister John Briceno said that the decision by Tropic Air to discontinue flights to Punta Gorda Town commencing November 1, 2026 was a decision driven by financial losses.
“The decision done by Tropic is simply a financial one. He is telling me that the cost continues to go up and there is not enough traffic. Truth of the matter is as he pointed out to me, they are losing half a million dollars on that run, to Punta Gorda.
It’s unfortunate that he tied it up with other issues, we have a responsibility to make sure that the runways are safe so we were going to upgrade that runway, he would benefit from it because then the runway would be smoother,” the PM explained.
The PM said that upgrades are necessary and would be done to ensure safety.
“Also, he was mentioning the issue of the $10 security fee. Times change and we are going to put in security so who is going to pay for that. And then we didn’t even start to implement, we were going to $6 in June of next year so we didn’t even start to implement.
I will sit down and talk with him and see if there is anything that can be worked out like with the buses we have to give some kind of fuel subsidy,” the PM added.
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By Zoila Palma: Today, on Open Your Eyes, Prime Minister John Briceno said that the decision by Tropic Air to discontinue flights to Punta Gorda Town commencing November 1, 2026 was a decision driven by financial losses. “The decision done by Tropic is simply a financial one. He is telling me that the cost continues
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