BWIA denies it=92s going under Guardian 03.29.03 Insisting it was in the air to stay, BWIA yesterday strongly denied an=20 Express news report that suggested the airline could close in 24=20 hours. And the airline has written to managing director of Caribbean=20 Communications Network, Craig Reynald, demanding the Express retract=20 yesterday=92s lead story, or the airline will consider its legal options.= The=20 story had a sub-headline =93Airline could shut down in 24 hours=94. =93That= =20 headline put us at odds with our travelling public, our staff and the=20 Government, our one potential source of desperately needed assistance,=94 a= =20 BWIA spokesman said yesterday. The headline was also a =93very careless and reckless way to treat with the= =20 future of a company,=94 the spokesman said. The airline also denied it had= =20 given the Government =93a dramatic and desperate ultimatum=94. The BWIA=20 spokesman said the report had caused an international uproar, as there had= =20 been widespread cancellations of bookings in its wake. The airline also=20 received calls from some of its creditors. BWIA president Conrad Aleong=20 said: =93Like every other airline, we have been deeply affected by the war= in=20 Iraq, which is beyond our control, but we are not without plans and not=20 without options. =93While today=92s Express headline is very disturbing, it= =20 does not reflect reality. There is no way BWIA would issue an ultimatum to= =20 the Government. There is no need to panic =97 BWIA will not close down= today.=94 *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.thehummingbirdonline.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************