00:00As it stands now, those boats are going at 50%, you know. So you can't run a boat just a
00:05little bit. You can't evaluate that, you know. You appreciate the business at that time. But we can't run four
00:12boats on the bridge. It's just not viable at all at all at all.
00:15Minister of Works and Infrastructure, Jolene John, as she spoke to the lack of passenger capacity at this time on
00:22the seabridge. Minister John stated, however, the TNT spirit would return to the seabridge for the Tobago October Carnival.
00:30We are saying that we have 360 days a year. We are saying that 50%. The taxpayers, you, me, everybody
00:40subsidizing that happily. It's not something we could do all this. It's not sustainable. So for the carnival, you're putting
00:48on this spirit to a tremendous capacity. It will be enough.
00:51Minister John said she would continue to facilitate the process to ensure additional capacity is available for the Tobago October
01:00Carnival via air and the sea.
01:03Are you coming up for the Tobago Carnival?
01:06It's right here to win. I can't win. I am just facilitating. I'm a facilitator. So I'm making sure that
01:14they have enough seats for the carnival.
01:16Meantime, head of the Tobago Hotel and the Tourism Association, Reginald McLean, says Tobago October Carnival is not totally sold
01:25out.
01:25He lamented some accommodation bookings were cancelled due to the lack of seats on the air and the sea bridge.
01:33And a lot of the north and a lot of the east of Tobago is not sold out for carnival.
01:40Actually, it's very slow for carnival because everything is concentrated on the western and the island.
01:44The people who want to come for rest and relaxation can't because all the flights and all the ferry tickets
01:52are gone.
01:53When contacted, Caribbean Airlines chairman, Rayna Cowlesa, told TV6 News additional flights will be added to the air bridge in
02:01the coming days.
02:02Ms. Cowlesa said, quote, Cal is in the final stages of approval to add additional services on both ATR and
02:11B737 to meet the high demand
02:16and will be announcing these flights in the coming days, end quote.
02:20Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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