Amid concerns over news that some Bahamasair jets cannot fly into the United States, Bahamasair Chairman Tommy Turnquest advised yesterday that two of the concerned aircraft will be outfitted with the required navigational systems by the end of this month. Earlier this month, Turnquest revealed that three of Bahamasair’s 737 classics missed a January 1 deadline to be equipped with navigational kits required by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) because the supplier, Fokker, did not provide them in time. Turnquest said yesterday that Fokker returned Bahamasair’s $200,000 deposit last week. He said Fokker would have taken too long to provide the systems so they found another supplier. “The March date was when Fokker had said they would provide it by,” he said.

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