Fly All Ways Airlines (8W, Paramaribo International) has been approved to launch a number of routes from Georgetown Cheddi Jagan in Guyana, not just from its home base at Paramaribo International in Suriname but also to Curaçao and Bridgetown, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill said during a press conference.
"We are happy that the traffic at Georgetown airport even in the COVID environment has been building," Edghill said.
Guyana signed an open skies agreement with Suriname in late 2020 to stimulate traffic between the two countries.
According to the ch-aviation fleets module, Fly All Ways Airlines operates three Fokker 70s. It also has a single Cessna (twin turboprop) 406 for charter services. The privately-owned carrier suspended all scheduled routes in late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it attempted to briefly resume flights to Cuba and Haiti in the summer season, Flightradar24 ADS-B data indicates that it failed to do so. For the last year, Fly All Ways has been using only one of its three Fokker Aircraft to operate charter, cargo-only, and repatriation flights.
No timeline was given regarding the launch of the airline's services from Guyana. The country does not currently have a functioning scheduled carrier other than Trans Guyana Airways (TGY, Georgetown Ogle), which operates a fleet of Beech 1900Ds, Cessna (single turboprop) C208s, and a single BN-2. Air Demerara (Georgetown Cheddi Jagan) hopes to launch in 2021 with a fleet of Airbus narrowbodies, while Guyana Airways (Georgetown Cheddi Jagan) has been trying - unsuccessfully - to begin operations since 2016.
In the meantime, Guyana relies heavily on foreign airlines to provide connectivity. Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) has an over 50% market share by capacity at Georgetown Chedi Jaggan airport and over 80% at Georgetown Ogle, the ch-aviation capacities module shows.
