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After spending some nine long months in Guyana, I get a feeling that the only way to solve the problem is to request us and Canadian government to issue around 450,000 visas to Indians .The Indians are not feeling that Guyana is their mother land
Suresh, an Indian national
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India, is a liar.
Product of the British Indentureship, Universal Airlines
Ready to
Fly, Universal Airline shown above.First
lady Varshnie Jagdeo,clips the ceremonial ribbon to launch the new service
at Cheddi Jagan International Airport,Timehri.Guyana
United Airline Officials shown above are Guyanese
Sudarshan Singh and Hari Bhagan Persaud
The aircraft,
with a seating capacity of 16-business class and 444 economy-class seats,
touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport,Timehri shortly after
08:00 hrs with some 300 passengers aboard.
The landing of
the 747 aircraft is welcome news to Guyanese that the Timehri runway has been
configured to allow for larger aircraft to operate here.
Sometime in
the late 90s, the Guyana Government had cause to reject an application submitted
by a US-based Trinidadian to allow Tower Air, which flies 747 jets to operate
here.
There were
concerns then that the runway could not stand up to the weight of such larger
aircraft, as prior to yesterday only 767 and 757 were permitted to land at the
Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
One female
passenger, who returned home yesterday after attending her sister’s funeral
overseas, described the aircraft as 𠇎xtremely spacious and
comfortable”.
She noted too
that a welcome addition, not available aboard the other airlines is a
footrest.
Among those
who travelled to Timehri yesterday to welcome the Boeing 747 aircraft on its
maiden flight here was Prime Minister Sam Hinds and officials of Universal
Airlines.
Here, passengers deplane from the aircraft which is in the background
(Cullen Bess Nelson photo) MAY 05, 2003
