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Holiday In Wales Now is not the time of the Airline. Following devastating world events such the War in Iraq and the SAR’s virus more and more airlines are filing for administration. Caribbean carrier BWIA recently faced devastation when two of its eight aircraft were seized at Miami International airport. The doomed airline was only saved when government aid was put into position. Caribbean-Weekly spoke to Virgin Atlantic ’s Caribbean Regional Manager Judith Wilcox about BWIA and Virgins future in the Caribbean.

St. Director of Tourism Since 1998 Mr. Peter Hilary Modeste has served, as the Director of Tourism of the St. Lucia Tourist Board. President of the St. Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association, Mr. Modeste has been employed within the tourism sector for a number of years. He was educated at the University of Wales and is married with three children. A former Minister of Education, Mr. Modeste has served on a number of national organizations including the St. Lucia Development Bank.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales 1. How will the current situation at BWIA affect the Caribbean market in general?

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Caravan Holiday In Wales JW. The closure of BWIA will have a tremendous effect on the Caribbean as it is the main inter-island carrier in the Caribbean and also offers the only alternative to Caribbean people to get to the USA other than American Airlines, BWIA has a strong loyalty among West Indians and has a popular network of destinations which West Indians like to travel e.g. London, New York, Miami, Atlanta and other Caribbean islands.

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Camping Holiday Wales 2. As Virgin like to cradle those in need, i.e. Concorde, will Virgin be making any bids to assist the ill fated carrier?

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Accommodation Holiday Wales JW. We at Virgin have been in talks with BWIA for the past few years and of course we are interested in helping them with their UK routes but we are not really able to assist with inter island routes or US routes due to the laws of the sky. Our door remains open to discuss ways of assisting on the UK route and they are aware of this.

Holiday Last Minute Wales 3. What are Mr. Branson`s views on the current Caribbean Tourism Market, following increased airlift to Tobago etc, does he feel it is a buoyant market?

Catering Holiday Self Wales JW. Sir Richard Branson believes there is tremendous growth for our airline in the Caribbean and the continued expansion in frequency and new islands that Virgin is putting into the Caribbean demonstrates his positive attitude and message that Virgin Atlantic are in the Caribbean to stay. With 6 flights a week to Barbados, 3 to Antigua and 3 to St Lucia and now one per week to Tobago and Grenada the loads remain high and we are already looking at increasing frequencies from this winter.`

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