REDjet’s Burns: No Plans to Sue

By: - May 31st, 2011

REDjet CEO Ian Burns said his company had no plans to bring a lawsuit against Jamaican authorities after its application to operate flights to the island had been delayed. “We’re in business in the Caribbean to work with governments and to work with the regulatory authorities,” he said. “So I have no interest in trying to sue a government. Who am I going to hurt if I do that, the taxpayer.” REDjet had initially been slated to begin flights to Jamaica on May 8, according to a company ad campaign. [Antigua Observer]

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