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more assets.We’re looking at oper-
ating some smaller jets and perhaps
operating some larger aircraft and
enhancing the product that we have.
We see the Caribbean market as
growing, and as it begins to market
itself as a single destination, we feel
that there’s a future in providing
airlift between the various countries
in the Caribbean.
“Primarily now, the two ways
to get around the Caribbean is to
either fly via Miami or Ft. Lauder-
dale, or through Panama, and those
are very circuitous
routes. If I take, for
instance, a flight
from Santa Do-
mingo to Kingston,
Jamaica – if some-
one flew with us,
we offer that ser-
vice within three
hours, stopping
through the Provi-
denciales hub that
we created. The
other alternative is
six hours via Copa
through Panama,
or up to eight or nine hours via one
of the U.S. carriers. So, we’re adding
a lot of value by giving people a
lot of time back; you don’t have to
fly the circuitous route. You’re
able to have a dollar savings
moving from point A to point
B. And as the weeks, months,
and years go by, we’re certainly
seeing where our services are
becoming more in demand–
we’ve got the airplanes, we’ve
got the IT structure in terms
of reservations, flight manage-
ment, and sales.
Lyndon Gardiner doesn’t fly
much anymore, but he hasn’t
given up on returning to the
skies. “I’m celebrating my 50th
birthday later this month, so
I’m hoping to get back to being
able to get behind the stick,
again. I certainly enjoyed it, but
I’ve got 8500 hours worth of
commercial flying, so I don’t
particularly need to be up
there. But I would like to still
go and enjoy myself, because
that’s where it all started from,
and I’d like to be able, in my
later years, to enjoy that before
I’m too old to do it.”
And by the way– that gal in
the Dominican Republic that
Gardiner just had to visit on
Fridays? She became his wife.
All’s well that ends well in
affairs of the heart.
And as the weeks, months, and years go by, we’re
certainly seeing where our services are becoming
more in demand – we’ve got the airplanes, we’ve
got the IT structure in terms of reservations, flight
management, and sales.
lyndon r. gardiner
chairman
Over the next several years, Gardiner
expects to grow interCaribbean Airways’
footprint throughout the region.
Capt. hugo mendez
Director of Safety