CAL carries more than 75,000 passengers on airbridge in August

Caribbean Air­lines trans­port­ed 75,149 pas­sen­gers be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go in Au­gust, as de­mand for trav­el be­tween the is­lands re­mained strong dur­ing the peak sum­mer sea­son.

The fig­ure rep­re­sents an in­crease of more than 8,000 pas­sen­gers com­pared with Ju­ly, when the air­line car­ried 66,814 pas­sen­gers on the do­mes­tic air­bridge.

The air­line said the per­for­mance re­flects its ef­forts to re­spond to in­creased de­mand by adding ca­pac­i­ty in phas­es dur­ing the sum­mer trav­el pe­ri­od.

Ca­pac­i­ty was first in­creased in mid-Ju­ly, fol­lowed by an­oth­er in­crease at the be­gin­ning of Au­gust. Ad­di­tion­al ca­pac­i­ty was al­so made avail­able for the Great Race week­end, when trav­el be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go typ­i­cal­ly ris­es.

Caribbean Air­lines said the phased ap­proach was in­tend­ed to pro­vide greater ac­cess to seats while sup­port­ing re­li­able con­nec­tiv­i­ty be­tween the two is­lands dur­ing one of the busiest pe­ri­ods of the year.

Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer (Ag.) Var­ma Khillawan said the air­bridge plays an im­por­tant role in the dai­ly lives of peo­ple in both is­lands.

“The do­mes­tic air­bridge is much more than a route net­work, it is a vi­tal link that brings fam­i­lies to­geth­er, sup­ports busi­ness­es, en­ables ac­cess to es­sen­tial ser­vices, and con­nects com­mu­ni­ties across Trinidad and To­ba­go,” Khillawan said.

He said the air­line was pleased to have served more than 75,000 pas­sen­gers in Au­gust.

“As de­mand con­tin­ues to grow, Caribbean Air­lines re­mains com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing safe, re­li­able, and con­ve­nient ser­vice, en­sur­ing that our cus­tomers can trav­el with con­fi­dence when­ev­er they need to move be­tween the is­lands,” Khillawan said.

The Au­gust pas­sen­ger fig­ure comes as trav­el de­mand be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go con­tin­ues to place pres­sure on the do­mes­tic air­bridge, par­tic­u­lar­ly dur­ing pe­ri­ods of in­creased move­ment as­so­ci­at­ed with hol­i­days, events and the sum­mer va­ca­tion.

The air­line said its ca­pac­i­ty ad­just­ments were aimed at match­ing avail­able seats with de­mand, while main­tain­ing con­nec­tiv­i­ty be­tween the two is­lands.

Caribbean Air­lines thanked pas­sen­gers for their con­tin­ued sup­port and said it re­mained com­mit­ted to serv­ing trav­ellers us­ing the do­mes­tic air­bridge.

The air­line’s Au­gust per­for­mance brings the com­bined num­ber of pas­sen­gers trans­port­ed be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go in Ju­ly and Au­gust to 141,963.