Jags Aviation cuts flight costs to interior regions

Jags Aviation has reduced the cost of flights to the interior regions following the commissioning of the upgraded Paramakatoi airstrip in Region Eight, according to its executive chairman Brian Tiwari.

Tiwari said the airline had already lowered fares and was seeking further reductions, in keeping with President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s call for domestic carriers to pass on savings to passengers after the government invested G$800 million to modernise the airstrip.

He said Managing Director Gail Tiwari, Manager Colonel Miguel Benjamin and Chief Pilot Carl Rodney were asked “to find ways to further lower the cost of fares to the interior,” adding that reduced air travel costs were “long overdue.”

President Ali commissioned the Paramakatoi airstrip on Monday, January 5, 2026, and urged airline operators to reduce ticket prices for Region Eight and ensure passengers benefit from improved infrastructure.

The airstrip upgrade forms part of wider government investment across Guyana’s ten administrative regions. Under President Ali’s administration, spending on infrastructure has expanded as part of the government’s “One Guyana” development agenda.

Tiwari, who also serves as executive chairman of BK Group of Companies, said the president’s leadership had helped create a more favourable investment climate, which had attracted both local and foreign investors. He said the “One Guyana” initiative had inspired confidence within the business community and among citizens.

BK Group of Companies, one of Guyana’s largest construction and quarrying firms, has expanded its capacity with the acquisition of 19 Caterpillar heavy-duty machines from MACORP, an investment valued at more than G$1 billion.

BK Group chief executive officer Kyle Tiwari said at the recent handing-over ceremony that the equipment would support projects in the mining, construction and marine sectors, expand the company’s operations and increase stone production to meet growing demand driven by the construction boom.

MACORP Accounts Manager Angel Amari said the Caterpillar machines were designed to operate under demanding conditions, including quarrying, stone crushing, road construction, grading and bulldozing in both coastal and interior regions.

Brian Tiwari said the new equipment would further enhance BK Group’s production capacity, noting that he had anticipated significant growth in the construction sector more than five years ago.

He said the company remained confident in Guyana’s development trajectory and expressed appreciation for the country’s people, as well as for President Ali’s role in advancing national development across multiple sectors.

BK Group has also acquired a new fleet of heavy-duty Foton trucks from Industrial Supply of Guyana Inc., a subsidiary of MACORP. Tiwari said the company was the first in Guyana to purchase the vehicles, which are equipped with modern technology to support national development projects.