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Monday, September 15, 2008
Two airlines, Antigua-based carrier Carib Aviation and UKs XL Airways have stopped flying to the Caribbean. Carib Aviation has officially announced that a mass exodus of pilots has forced it out of the skies, as it accused Caribbean airline LIAT of not acting above board in their recruitment of those employees. In announcing the suspension of flights the company's chairman, Bruce Kaufman, said that the airline had received resignations from seven pilots within the last few days, forcing it to close down at the end of the month. Meanwhile, United Kingdom XL Airways announced it would stop flying to the Caribbean from November, after it collapsed a month and a half before the scheduled halt of the flights to the region.
The XL Leisure Group, of which XL Airways is part, announced it has filed for bankruptcy, and in an announcement on its website, Britain's third largest travel company said that joint administrators had been appointed by the court on Friday.
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