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China is in no way a newcomer to the Caribbean in terms of providing development assistance: Beijing’s first foreign aid project in the Western Hemisphere was a brick factory in Guyana built in the 1970s. More recently and much more substantially, it has been estimated that over the last two decades, China’s policy banks have provided close to $9 billion in lending to the states of the Caribbean Community states (CARICOM), with the overwhelming majority of these loans coming from the Export-Import Bank of China (Ex-Im Bank).
The Caribbean has received less attention than most other regions in terms of the evaluation of Chinese lending practices. This is ironic in that the Caribbean could have served as “the canary in the coal mine” of Chinese lending long before the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) Hambantota port debacle in Sri Lanka came to light and governments began to reconsider their relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s si
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JetBlue Furthers International Reach With Guyana Inaugural Flight
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JetBlue has inaugurated flights between New York City and Guayana with an Airbus A321neo. The newest international route in its network, this launch precedes what will be a significant expansion for the airline.
JetBlue is connecting New York with Guyana using an Airbus A321neo. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | JFKJets.com
JetBlue touches down in Guyana
Today, JetBlue launched flights between its hub at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Georgetown, Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO). The route currently operates four times per week using an Airbus A321neo.
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JetBlue Arrives in Guyana With First Flights to Newest South American Destination
December 12, 2020 GMT
NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 12, 2020
JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) today announced it has launched service between New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Georgetown, Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO), with the first roundtrip flight arriving back in New York this morning. The new service launches with four times weekly service on JetBlue’s Airbus A321neo aircraft.
“JetBlue’s arrival in Guyana introduces our low fares and award-winning service to another new market in the Caribbean and Latin America where customers have long faced high prices and little competition,” said Andrea Lusso, vice president network planning, JetBlue. “We remain committed to this important region of our network and continue to connect more travelers with the people and p
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