Although the management of the Guyana Airways Corporation (GAC) is battling with the Deeds and Commercial Registry to keep its initial name, the airline has been moving full steam ahead in promoting the company.
Only recently, the airline mounted several banners across Georgetown demonstrating the company’s determination that it is here to stay.
The company has so far hired 120 Guyanese and has a robust hiring programme for local youths as flight attendants.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Colin Abrams, in a brief comment, told Guyana Times International that as the company sought to sort out the name of the airline, it was moving ahead with promotional work since that went a long way in telling the Guyanese people that the airline was soon to commence operations.
He noted too that he was working with an intelligent group of Guyanese to see the operations become a reality.
However, after the request for the name change, it was explained to the airline that the name it proposed to use coincided with another carrier’s and as such, it was urged to quickly de-register.
“Fast forward two years, they illegally and lawlessly unregistered my company just like that, without prior notification,” Dr Abrams stated in a recent release to the media.
He has since questioned whether the competitors were fearful of Guyana Airways Corporation Inc entering the market. He noted that the airline was made up of Guyanese, and moreover, planned to offer affordable rates.
“The legacy carriers do not have an AB Initio pilot programme offering our local pilots an opportunity of advancement flying heavy jets. The legacy carriers do not have a hiring programme for our local youth as flight attendants; and also, (there is) nothing for Aircraft Dispatchers, Aircraft Engineers or Air Marshals. We do. We have so far hired 120 Guyanese citizens, with more interviews and hiring to come in all of the above categories,” Dr Abrams explained.
The airline, about a month ago, held an open day wherein it was announced that operations are expected to commence in October, with several Caribbean destinations and ultimately the United States of America being targeted.
