By Vernon Khelawan
Saturday 9th March, 2008
www.guardian.co.tt
An air travel expert, involved in the Caribbean air transport business for many years, has questioned the absence of a feasibility study preceding the decision to enter the jet leasing industry.
To date the question remains unanswered, although Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert in a post-Cabinet briefing tried in vain to deflect the question.
The minister had spoken two days before about a feasibility study relative to the inauguration of a fast ferry service in the southern Caribbean.
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