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News Article
September 27, 2010
Southwest Airlines routes coming to The Bahamas

By JAMMAL SMITH
Guardian Business Reporter
jammal@nasguard.com
Southwest Airlines may be adding The Bahamas to its list of travel destinations as the pending$1.42 billion purchase of Air Tran Airways may bring the low-fare carrier to Bahamian runways.
Southwest, one of the leading air carriers in the U.S., announced that it reached a definitive agreement with Air Tran to acquire the company, meani...

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News Article
September 28, 2010
Airline boss wants greater focus on Family Island tourism

By JAMMAL SMITH
Guardian Business Reporter
jammal@nasguard.com

A sustainable plan needs to be developed for the tourism sector, according to a local airline executive, which puts a greater focus on accommodation and airlift in the Family Islands.
President and CEO of SkyBahamas Randy Butler toldGuardian Businessthat the central focus of such a"master"plan should be the development of tourism in t...

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News Article
September 28, 2010
Airline boss wants greater focus on Family Island tourism

By JAMMAL SMITH
Guardian Business Reporter
jammal@nasguard.com
A sustainable plan needs to be developed for the tourism sector, according to a local airline executive, which puts a greater focus on accommodation and airlift in the Family Islands.
President and CEO of SkyBahamas Randy Butler toldGuardian Businessthat the central focus of such a"master"plan should be the development of tourism in th...

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News Article
September 30, 2010
Local airline already preparing for airport fee increase

By JAMMAL SMITH
Guardian Business Reporter
jammal@nasguard.com

A local airline is already making adjustments to its operations in preparation for the new airport fees, slated to come into effect next year, with the head of the company saying it will have a great effect on all flight carriers in the country.
President of SkyBahamas Randy Butler toldGuardian Businessthat he already made some major ...

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News Article
October 03, 2010
Airline places US expansion plans on hold

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

A Bahamian-owned airline is putting plans to begin flights to and from the US on hold for three months "to see how we survive October and November", its head telling Tribune Business that private operators were being squeezed on all sides be a combination of fee increases and Bahamasair selling cut-price tickets.

Speaking after Cat Island Air was last we...

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News Article
October 06, 2010
Charter airlines long overdue for better regularization

Member of Parliament for Fox Hill Fred Mitchell said it right when during the sitting of Parliament on Wednesday he noted that for a long time the government had been urged to do a proper investigation into the airline industry of The Bahamas.
"It's sad that it takes a situation like this to finally get the government to look into this situation,"said Mitchell.
It is indeed sad that it takes trage...

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News Article
October 06, 2010
Mitchell: Govt must enforce airline industry regulations

By KRYSTEL ROLLE
Guardian Staff Reporter
krystel@nasguard.com
As the Civil Aviation Department continues its investigation searching for the cause of Tuesday's deadly plane crash, Member of Parliament for Fox Hill Fred Mitchell yesterday called on the government to enforce regulations in the country's airline industry.
Speaking in the House of Assembly, Mitchell said he previously raised concerns ...

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News Article
October 07, 2010
Airline to launch PR campaign following plane crashes

By INDERIA SAUNDERS
Guardian Business Reporter
inderia@nasguard.com
At least one airline is gearing up to launch an aggressive public relations campaign on the heels of two significant plane crashes in The Bahamas.
"Right now we need to take more time to show what individual airlines do," head of Sky Bahamas Randy Butler toldGuardian Businessyesterday."The training for pilots, the kind of self-reg...

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News Article
October 14, 2010
SkyBahamas Airlines supports the Bahamas Cancer Society

Nassau, Bahamas - SkyBahamas Airlines is very pleased with its reputation as one of the
leading community stakeholders.  We have, over the past year partnered
with a wide cross section of organizations, and have supported them in
making many of their causes a reality.

 

Recently, we have been
lending a significant hand to the Bahamas Cancer Society through their
Nassau and Family ...

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News Article
October 14, 2010
SkyBahamas Airlines supports the Bahamas Cancer Society

Nassau, Bahamas - SkyBahamas Airlines is very pleased with its reputation as one of the
leading community stakeholders.  We have, over the past year partnered
with a wide cross section of organizations, and have supported them in
making many of their causes a reality.

 

Recently, we have been
lending a significant hand to the Bahamas Cancer Society through their
Nassau and Family ...

read more »