Trans Guyana Airways

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Trans Guyana Airways is an airline based in Georgetown, Guyana. It operates an extensive scheduled network and charters.

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Fleet
4 External links

[edit] Code Data

ICAO Code: TGY
Callsign: TRANS GUYANA

[edit] History

The history of Trans Guyana Airways Ltd may be viewed in three phases.

PHASE I In 1951, Mr. Manoel.C. Correia met and sponsored a Czech named Mr. Jose Tesarik with shops in Orinduik and Maikwak(Velgrad). Soon, Tesarik was requesting an aircraft of his own to supply the shops with requisite commodities. So in 1952, with the help of a British firm called A & P Triefus & Company, Mr. Tesarik went to England and purchased a Cessna - 172. This arrangement between M.C. Correia and Mr. Tesarik lasted for five (5) years.

In 1959, Mr. Correia met and sponsored a Polish gentleman named George Golas, to prospect for diamonds in the Chitigokeng and Kamarang areas, a fleet of three aircraft were acquired for this project, a Cessna - 180, 172 and an Ireland Wasp, which worked well at first but proved too distracting for Mr. Correia, whose main focus was diamonds. He decided to sell his share of the business to Mr. Golas.

PHASE II In the late 1960s, Mr. Michael O. Correia Snr, the son of M.C. Correia, formed M.C. Correia Holdings Ltd and modernised the fleet of aircraft with the introduction of the Britten Norman Islander and Cessna 206 in support of the growing gold and diamond mining industries. This expanded fleet also included a Hughes helicopter, an Amphibian Cessna 185, and a Cessna 337, better known as a Push - Pull.

PHASE III Mr. Michael O. Correia Jnr further modernised the fleet of aircraft in the 1980's and 1990's. He introduced Guyana's first privately owned turbine engine aircraft, the venerable Shorts SC7 Skyvan. Three (3) years later in November 1996, the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan was added to the fleet.

During 1997, Mr. M.O. Correia Jnr teamed up with Mr. Beni Sankar A.A. of Kayman Sankar Aviation Ltd, to further expand the fleet of aircraft to fifteen (15).

Today, Trans Guyana Airways Ltd remains at the forefront of private sector aviation development in Guyana. It is currently the leading domestic scheduled carrier, and it continues to work closely with Government and regulatory agencies. Trans Guyana Airways Ltd remains optimistic about the future of aviation both in Guyana and in the region, as they chart their course into the 21st century.