LIAT Air Exploring Partnership with Regional Ferry Service to Expand Caribbean Connectivity

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Hafsah Abdulsalam, LIAT Air CEO

Chief Executive Officer of LIAT Air, Hafsah Abdulsalam, says the airline is already in discussions with regional ferry operator L’Express Des Iles as part of broader efforts to strengthen transportation links across the Caribbean.

Speaking to reporters during Friday’s inaugural Antigua-to-Guadeloupe flight, Abdulsalam confirmed that LIAT Air sees significant opportunities in partnering with the ferry company, which transports passengers between several French and Eastern Caribbean islands.

Hafsah Abdulsalam, LIAT Air CEO

“We do have plans to partner with them, and my team has already been in contact ” Abdulsalam revealed.

The CEO explained that LIAT is looking beyond Antigua and Guadeloupe alone, noting that ferry routes also connect destinations such as Dominica and St. Lucia — markets the airline hopes to tap into as part of its regional expansion strategy.

“We also see the connectivity not just for Antigua as well. There’s Dominica, there’s St. Lucia, there’s ferry service on those routes as well,” she said.

Abdulsalam noted that combining air and sea transportation options could help improve regional movement while creating easier travel opportunities for tourists and Caribbean nationals.

The comments came as LIAT Air officially launched its twice-weekly Antigua-to-Guadeloupe service Friday, marking the airline’s latest move to rebuild and expand intra-Caribbean travel connections.

Industry observers believe closer collaboration between LIAT Air and ferry operators could eventually create multi-destination travel packages and smoother regional transit for passengers moving between French and English-speaking Caribbean territories.

This story was first published by Antigua News on May 11, 2026: antigua.news/2026/05/11/liat-air-exploring-partnership-with-regional-ferry-service-to-expand-caribbean-connectivity. © 2026 Antigua News. Republication without permission is not allowed.

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Comments (5)

  • SupportingYou May 11, 2026, 8:19 AM

    Yow this is wonderful news. Thats because we have sometimes wanna go to guada and get goods that may be too heavy for the plane. Great stuff
    Reply
  • Concern May 11, 2026, 8:27 AM

    Make sure you all watching the water for 🏊‍♀️ swimmers when they almost to shore the criminals will jump off and never check in immigration but Liat big share holders don’t care
    Reply
  • Bumper 2 bumper May 11, 2026, 8:54 AM

    Ferry can bring all they stuff so hire new immigration officers to follow up when visit over, change immigration forms who you staying with name address and phone number, we over populated already
    Reply
  • Nkoumo May 11, 2026, 10:30 AM

    We need to stop with all the talk and so something already. Stop the chat chat chat
    Reply
  • Apex Jones May 11, 2026, 10:35 AM

    That would really be good for travellers who prefer to fly heavy
    Reply

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