LI­AT has an­nounced it will be con­duct­ing cash­less trans­ac­tions at it coun­ters at the Princess Ju­liana In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, St Maarten, from Thurs­day, Jan­u­ary 27.

In a re­lease an­nounc­ing the cash­less trans­ac­tions, the air­line said it will as­sist in a smoother op­er­a­tion for pas­sen­gers and staff.

The air­line said in the wake of the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic and the on­go­ing process to re­build its net­work lay­out, it “has been re­view­ing its op­er­a­tions with the aim of in­vest­ing in process­es for cus­tomer safe­ty and se­cu­ri­ty through­out the cus­tomer jour­ney.”

The re­lease con­tin­ued, “The cash­less trans­ac­tions will as­sist cus­tomers by re­duc­ing wait times, al­low­ing them to eas­i­ly pay for ser­vices as well as to re­duce the po­ten­tial so­cial con­tract and spread of the coro­n­avirus. Pas­sen­gers will now pay for air­line ser­vices such as bag­gage and change fees us­ing ei­ther a deb­it or cred­it card. Pas­sen­gers can al­so now call the reser­va­tions call cen­tre to pre-book and pay for their bags be­fore com­ing to the air­port.”

LI­AT al­so con­firmed that pas­sen­gers will re­ceive their re­ceipts elec­tron­i­cal­ly there­by re­duc­ing the use of pa­per.

This LI­AT said, is part of its push to be an eco-friend­ly air­line.

The com­pa­ny said it will be work­ing to im­ple­ment a cash­less sys­tem across its net­work in the com­ing months as it works to re­con­nect the Caribbean.

LI­AT cur­rent­ly flies to 10 des­ti­na­tions across the Caribbean.