In recent months, several private aviation companies on the island have been forced to lower the curtain, for lack of obtaining a new lease of funds. Nearly a hundred workers in the sector are now furloughed.
About twenty planes are grounded, including school planes. Competition is drastically reduced and the situation suggests the gradual formation of a few companies to operate private flights and medical evacuations. In mid-May, a second company did not obtain the renewal of its certificates; Their pilots are now at risk of losing their licences.