Regional aviation administrators have taken Caribbean governments to task for imposing high fees and taxes on tickets and failing to introduce adequate technology at airports.However, the Caribbean’s largest airlift security systems company, Sectus Technologies, has not only refuted claims of poor technological infrastructure but justified the cost of some ticket prices and air charges.On Caribbean Aviation Day on Wednesday, during the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)/International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference being held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Grand Cayman, IATA’s regional vice president for the Americas Peter Cerdá said the Caribbean was pricing itself out of global travel and tourism competition with high ticket prices.He warned that this ticket overpricing could lead to the demise of air travel to the region since tourists had alternative and cheaper destinations to choose from.“We understand that the provision of adequate infrastructure for aviation comes at a cost, but very often it is difficult to see the correlation between the level of cost and charges and the actual service provided,” Cerdá said.
