LIAT reports flight cancellations
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE first major storm to hit the Caribbean this hurricane season, Tropical Storm Don, is expected to dump large amounts of rain on several islands in the Southern Caribbean.
According to morning (Jul. 18) reports from the National Hurricane Center, the Tropical Storm is located 155 miles South East of Barbados and 255 miles East of Grenada.
It has maximum sustained winds of up to 40 miles per hours and its present movement is West or 275 degrees at 20 miles per hour.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in an advisory this morning, indicated that Tropical Storm Don is well Southeast of St. Kitts and Nevis and is expected to continue westerly.
“On the forecasted track, it poses no threat to our Federation. There is a tropical wave that has a chance for development, located further east in the Atlantic. This too based on the early projection is expected to pass to the northeast of the Federation. We will continue to monitor this disturbance and will make the necessary updates in future releases,” the advisory read.
However, air travel to the Southern Caribbean has been disrupted as LIAT had issued a notice about flight cancellations.
According to LIAT, it has cancelled approximately 20 flights in the Southern Caribbean.
In a statement today, the airline indicated that it continues to monitor Tropical Storm Don which is affecting operations in the southern Caribbean. However, operations in the northern part of the network have not been affected.
The troubled airline is hopeful that it would continue to operate as scheduled.
The problem is occurring with flights out of Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Please note that the following flights have been cancelled for Tuesday 18th July, 2017:
LI 727 from Barbados to Grenada
LI 727 from Grenada to Trinidad
LI 521 from Barbados to Guyana
LI 772 from Trinidad to Grenada
LI 772 from Grenada to Barbados
LI 755 from Barbados to St. Vincent
LI 756 from St. Vincent to St. Lucia
LI 756 from St. Lucia to Barbados
LI 726 from Trinidad to St. Vincent
LI 726 from St. Vincent to Barbados
LI 512 from Guyana to Barbados
LI 737 from Barbados to St. Vincent
LI 737 from St. Vincent to Trinidad
LI 309 from St. Lucia to Trinidad
LI 769 from Barbados to St. Vincent
LI 770 from St. Vincent to Barbados
LI 738 from Trinidad to St. Vincent
LI 307 from Barbados to Grenada
LI 307 from Grenada to Trinidad
LI 393 from Barbados to Guyana
Please note LI 309 from Antigua to St. Lucia will operate as scheduled.
Passengers who have been affected will be allowed to rebook with the next two weeks with all change fees waived. We strongly advise our passengers to contact LIAT's Call Centre for rebooking:
1-888-844-LIAT (5428) Toll Free from destinations within the Caribbean Region
Call Antigua 1-268-480-5601/2 from Other Countries
1-246 434 5428 from Barbados
