Caribbean Air­lines has con­firmed that ne­go­ti­a­tions with the Trinidad and To­ba­go Air­line Pi­lots As­so­ci­a­tion (TTAL­PA) over the 2020–2023 Col­lec­tive Labour Agree­ment are pro­gress­ing steadi­ly.

In a re­lease is­sued on Wednes­day, the air­line said  fol­low­ing the suc­cess­ful con­clu­sion of the 2015–2020 agree­ment in De­cem­ber 2024, bi­lat­er­al dis­cus­sions with TTAL­PA be­gan in Feb­ru­ary to fi­nalise the next agree­ment. One of the key out­comes so far has been a 4 per cent retroac­tive pay in­crease for the 2020–2023 pe­ri­od.

“The ne­go­ti­at­ed retroac­tive pay­ments were processed and paid to the pi­lots on April 11, 2025,” the air­line stat­ed.

While sev­er­al ar­ti­cles re­main un­re­solved, Caribbean Air­lines con­firmed that ne­go­ti­a­tions are con­tin­u­ing in good faith, and ex­pressed op­ti­mism that a full set­tle­ment will be achieved soon.

“Caribbean Air­lines re­mains fo­cused on build­ing a pos­i­tive and pro­duc­tive work­place for all its em­ploy­ees, as it con­tin­ues its mis­sion to con­nect the Caribbean and serve the re­gion with ex­cel­lence,” the state­ment added.