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LIAT
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
LI
LIA
140
 Liat
LIAT DHC-8-103 Dash 8
LIAT (1974) Ltd
V.C. Bird International Airport
P.O. Box 819
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 		Tel.: +1 888 844 5428
Fax: +1 268 480 5625
SITA:
Email: marketing@liatairline.com
Website: www.liat.com
Type: Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, pax, cargo
Owner: 11 Caribbean govts (73.4%); BWIA West Indies Airways (11.3%); privately held (10%); employees (5.3%)
Base: Antigua (ANU)
Hubs: St Maarten (SXM); Grantley Adams (BGI)
Start of ops: September 1974
Alliances: Air Jamaica, Carib Aviation
LIAT operates this equipment: Executives:
  • 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
  • 14 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Officer in Charge Brian Challenger
Chief Financial Officer: Julie Reifer-Jones
Chief Commercial Officer: Leesa Paris-Rudder
Director of Flight Operations: George Arthurton
Director Ground & Cargo Operations: Wilbur Edwards
Director Engineering: Alan Alexander
Director Schedule Planning: Lesroy Browne
Director HR: Ilean Ramsey
Director Customer Service: Sonya John
IT Manager: Andy Benjamin
Corporate Communications Manager: Desmond Brown

LIAT is an airline based in Antigua. It operates high-frequency inter-island scheduled services serving 21 destinations in the Caribbean. The airline's main base is VC Bird International Airport, Antigua and Barbuda, with hubs at Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados, and Piarco International Airport, Trinidad and Tobago.
LIAT - Leeward Islands Air Transport Services - was founded in September 1956 and began flying with a single Piper Apache operating between Antigua and Montserrat. With the acquisition in 1957 of 75% of the airline by BWIA, LIAT was able to expand to other Caribbean destinations and to obtain new aircraft. In November 1995, LIAT was partially privatized, to save it from bankruptcy.

Accidents and Incidents:
Date
Manufacturer
Model
Registration
Location
Country
Fatal
Damage
04-Aug-86
 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 V2-LCJ off Saint Vincent-Arnos Vale (SVD) Antigua
13
w/o
23-Aug-59
 de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2B VP-BAO Saint Kitts-Golden Rock (SKB) St Kitts
0
w/o