Antigua-Barbuda still resisting LIAT shifting to Barbados

The Antigua & Barbuda Government says it will resist efforts to shift the base of  the financially-strapped regional airline, LIAT, to Barbados.        

Prime Minister Gaston Browne, says while he is aware his country does not have the shareholder capacity to have the airline maintain its base there, it wants to stall the move.

   
LIAT is owned by the governments of  Antigua & Barbuda, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Barbados, and Dominica.  

Last month, Mr. Browne also wrote to the other shareholder governments, urging a temporary halt on plans for a voluntary separation package that could result in more than 150 employees being removed from the airline's payroll.