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<span style="font-weight: bold">T&T Transport Minister Claims...Trinidad Paying For Jamaicans Flying On Fuel Subsidy</span>
George Nicholas, former chairman of Caribbean Airlines Limited
Transport Minister Devant Maharaj says Trinidad & Tobago taxpayers "have been paying for the luxury of Jamaicans flying at a fuel subsidy" as controversy continues over the finances of the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL).
Last Friday, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran told Parliament that the state-owned airline had recorded losses in excess of TT$50 million (US$8.3 million) last year, and owed several creditors including the United States Inland Revenue Service and the Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica millions of dollars.
George Nicholas, former chairman of Caribbean Airlines Limited
Transport Minister Devant Maharaj says Trinidad & Tobago taxpayers "have been paying for the luxury of Jamaicans flying at a fuel subsidy" as controversy continues over the finances of the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL).
Last Friday, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran told Parliament that the state-owned airline had recorded losses in excess of TT$50 million (US$8.3 million) last year, and owed several creditors including the United States Inland Revenue Service and the Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica millions of dollars.