Help Haiti

If you live in the Caricom region and would like to help the relief effort in Haiti, you can make donations online with most relief organisations. 

Donations to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund can be made at any branch of FirstCaribbean across the Caribbean. Accounts have also been set up at Scotiabank and the National Commercial Bank to accept donations on behalf of the Red Cross and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management respectively.

Get on board!

This is the time of year when many resolutions are made. We reflect on our achievements of the past year, and challenge ourselves for the new. If you are into making resolutions, they can include perfecting that recipe, completing that course or taking a “real” vacation this year. Of course, there are those of us who prefer not to make resolutions to avoid the disappointment if they are broken. I believe that a plan, however, gives us something to work towards: hope. To me a “do nothing” approach is like jumping off the train before it even leaves the station.

This year will be a fun one, full of excitement and adventure. For starters we will begin the New Year with a bang when we make the final grand prize draw for our inaugural Lift Off Competition on January 29, 2010. I know you’ve been waiting patiently, and registering at LIAT.com each time you’ve travelled for your chance to win. It’s now time to reward one lucky passenger with a year’s supply (12 round trips) of tickets. Good luck to everyone who has entered!

Leaving the best for last, we recently launched our new LIAT Cargo service which was eagerly anticipated by many of our customers. This service will allow regional customers a dedicated aircraft for moving goods and produce quickly and efficiently to our 22 destinations. Details about the service are available at our website, www.liat.com

As you can see, there is a lot going on and many good things to look forward to at LIAT, the Caribbean Airline. I would like to say thank you for your support, particularly to our many travel partners including travel agents, tour operators and you, our valued customers who have stuck with us throughout the years. Whatever your resolutions may or may not be, we wish you sweet success in reaching all your goals.

Happy 2010!

Leesa Parris-Rudder
Chief Commercial Officer