OAI ensures Trans Guyana has access to all competitors’ info
As aviation operators using the Eugene F. Correia International Airport continue to complain of the unfair treatment being meted out to them by the Correia family, they highlight the fact that all their business information can be accessed by Trans Guyana Airways.
Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) is a shareholding company that manages the Eugene F. Correia Airport. The company is controlled by the Correia family with the lead role taken on by Michael Correia. He is the Chairman. Correia is also the Chairman of Trans Guyana Airways which competes with the other airlines operating domestically out of that airport. Operators are concerned about the unlevel playing field on which they have to work, as OAI is creating all sorts of advantageous conditions for Trans Guyana, “at our detriment.” This newspaper understands that OAI requires all aircraft operators to submit their flight manifests, showing passenger names and destinations for every flight flown. The information has to be forwarded to OAI’s office that is housed in Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Services (CAMS)’ hangar. CAMS is also owned by the Correia company. This newspaper would have already highlighted that OAI is paying CAMS several hundreds of thousands monthly to rent office space, despite the fact that there is space in the terminal building owned by the airport.
“We should not be submitting such information,” said one operator. In addition, this newspaper understands that all of OAI’s documents are kept on the Correia Group of Companies’ computer server. This enables Trans Guyana Airways to have access to all of their competitors’ data. “This is grossly unfair; we know what can happen there.” Operators are saying that such practices by OAI highlight the need to eradicate the state of affairs where an airport is being managed by an operator. “The management of the airport needs to be staffed with professionals who are not in any way related to any one of the aviation companies.”
(Kaieteurnews)