North American to increase Georgetown-New York flights
New 757 to be leased


Stabroek News
March 16, 2001


North American Airlines (NAA) plans to increase its twice weekly non-stop flights between Georgetown and New York to five from June 18 with the lease of a new 757 aircraft.

A release from PR Counsellors said that NAA is awaiting approval from the Civil Aviation Department for its expanded schedule.

"I am confident we can maintain this schedule during the peak period and stimulate the market to make it work," NAA Vice President for Marketing Bruno Scaldaferri assured local agents during a recent visit to Guyana.

He was speaking to the agents at the Georgetown Club where a review of the airline was done.



According to the release, the new 757 will be NAA's third and Scaldaferri spoke optimistically of the airline's continued and expanding presence in the Guyana market.

The vice president disclosed that the airline had already begun talks with American tour operators to have Guyana included as a destination in their offerings.

The airline began servicing the Georgetown/New York route in July of 1999 and switched from charters to a regularly scheduled service in June of last year.

Scaldaferri said that over the period of its operations, NAA had seen its market share "steadily improve" and attributed this success to the airline's consistently reliable service.

"We have been told that NAA is the best service between New York and Georgetown and our aim is to keep it that way," he added.

The release said that in thanking local travel agents for the confidence they had shown in NAA, Scaldaferri unfolded an attractive package of discounts and other frequent flyer benefits to encourage persons to fly with the airline.

The Georgetown/New York route was NAA's only scheduled service and the airline has seen some growth opportunities which it is gearing to take advantage of.

NAA's local office is managed by Jenny DeBarros and Junior Horatio.