Trans Guyana joins other domestic carriers to reduce airfares by 7%

Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has joined Roraima Airways and Jags Aviation Inc.  in implementing a seven per cent reduction in airfares to hinterland locations. The announcement was made on Monday via a press release and comes on the heels of a call made by President Dr Irfaan Ali for local airlines to make domestic travel more affordable. “Trans Guyana Airways as of today [Monday], will be immediately implementing a seven per cent reduction in airfares to all hinterland airstrips at which the Government has completed full rehabilitation and will do so for all hinterland airstrips scheduled for complete upgrading when concluded and for any similarly classified new airstrips,” the airline said in a statement. TGA said it looks forward to the opportunity of extending its Beechcraft services to the major population centres of the hinterland, once the Government expands airstrips in these areas sufficient to accommodate its and other like aircraft services.
“This will not only provide an improved quality of passenger service, but contribute to the further reduction in the cost of airfares,” the airline also stated. Moreover, TGA said it has recommended the Aircraft Operators’ Association of Guyana Inc (AOAG) to request a meeting with the President and Minister for Public Utilities and Aviation Deodat Indar, to comprehensively address, for the long-term, a means of providing Amerindian communities access to domestic air travel at specifically reduced costs. Jags Aviation, owned by BK Group of Companies, was the first to announce a seven per cent reduction in airfare, applicable to flights to Aishalton and Paramakatoi in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), effective February 1.
Executive Chairman of the BK Group, Brian Tiwari, in a statement, had stated that the airline had already reduced the cost for flights to the interior, but following President Ali’s recent call, he directed his managing team to find ways to further lower the cost of fares to hinterland locations. Meanwhile, Roraima Airways said its seven per cent reduction, which took effect immediately, will apply to all hinterland locations where the airstrips have been rehabilitated. The local airline recognised that the Guyana Government has undertaken a major aviation infrastructure programme over recent years, including the rehabilitation and modernisation of airstrips across Regions One (Barima-Waini), Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) and Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). With an additional 11 airstrips scheduled for completion in the near future, Roraima Airways noted that these upgrades, together with the introduction of runway lighting systems and automated weather reporting, represent the most significant single advancement in aviation safety ever undertaken in Guyana. Roraima Airways also confirmed that this same reduction will be automatically applied to every newly rehabilitated or newly constructed hinterland airstrip as they come online, ensuring a consistent, transparent and nationwide pricing approach.
Back in November 2025, President Ali had disclosed that the local aviation sector is financially capable of lowering domestic air transport to hinterland locations by as much as 15 per cent. “We have given the aviation sector enormous incentives. We have given them enormous support in the removal of taxes on fuel. It is time the aviation sector return that support to the citizens and people of our country. There is no way the aviation sector cannot, at this time, at least reduce air transport by 15 per cent. I’ve looked at the numbers,” President Ali had said.
In May 2025, Vice President (VP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo had announced that the Government is contemplating investing in a commercial arm of the Guyana Defence Force (GPF) in order to compete with domestic airlines that continue to exploit consumers. “We’ve had some discussions with them [domestic airline operators] and if they can’t be reasonable about these rates, then the Government will invest in a commercial arm of the GDF to compete with them so that we can keep the freight rates down. In fact, we may very well buy four more of the aircraft that we’ve just bought to do that in the next term in office,” Dr Jagdeo had told the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference.
The VP had also noted that sometimes, there are middlemen who would charter flights from airlines and charge even higher prices – another issue that needs to be addressed.