aviation

Caribbean Aviation Is Critical. That’s Why It Needs to Get Better.
The importance of air transport for the Caribbean is self-evident. As a result, many efforts and funds have been directed towards attempts to improve the Caribbean’s air transport competitiveness. A 2018 CDB working paper on regional air connectivity titled ‘Air …

St Maarten Set for Major Caribbean Aviation Conference
The Caribbean’s preeminent aviation conference is returning to St Maarten next week. The sixth annual edition of the Caribavia Summit and Retreat will be hosted at the Simpson Bay Resort in St Maarten from June 14-16. The gathering brings together …

US Virgin Islands Working to Maintain “Vital Aerial Links”
US Virgin Islands Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte is working with the destination’s aviation partners to maintain “vital aerial links,” following the implementation of a one-month pause of leisure tourism. Even though the territory is currently in a “stay-at-home” phase, airlift …
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The Bahamas Reopens for Private Aviation, Boaters
The Bahamas has begun the phased reopening of its tourism industry, officially reopening its borders for international boaters, yachters and private aviation. A COVID-19 RT-PRC negative swab test is required for entry, and must be presented upon arrival. Results need …
St Maarten Is Leading a Caribbean Tourism Comeback
By Alexander Britell It’s one of the most sought-after corners of the Caribbean — that famous triangle of Caribbean hotspots: St Maarten, St Barth and Anguilla. And just two years after Hurricane Irma, the trio of destinations is in the midst …
A Must-Visit Aviation Conference in St Maarten
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Caribbean’s leading aviation conference is back again for a fourth edition. This year’s Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference will be held from June 11-13 in St Maarten. “Over the past four years the Meetup has …
A New Caribbean Airlift Alliance
By the Caribbean Journal staff In a significant boost for advocates of an improved Caribbean aviation sector, a new group has been formed to spearhead efforts at regional change. It’s called the Caribbean Airlift Alliance, and it’s a group of …
Top Caribbean Aviation Conference Heads to Bahamas
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s leading aviation conference is back again, this time in The Bahamas. The Caribbean Aviation Meetup, a high-level conference on regional aviation issues, will be held at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island June …
Silver Airways Acquires Seaborne to Create Major New Caribbean Airline
By Alexander Britell There’s a new power player in Caribbean aviation. Fort Lauderdale-based airline Silver Airways has acquired San Juan-based Caribbean regional airline Seaborne Airlines in what could be a transformative move for the region’s air sector. Silver has closed …
How Passenger Taxes Are Hurting Caribbean Aviation
By By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Op-Ed Contributor What the Caribbean needs is so simple: rapid, reliable mobility at reasonable rates. What makes it so difficult? It is almost as short and simple to explain. There are two players; the aviation …
Takeaways from the Caribbean Aviation Meetup
By Kareem Yarde St. Maarten recently became the region’s command centre for solutions pertaining to the Caribbean’s air transport and tourism woes at the Caribbean Aviation Meetup 2017, which saw the coalescence of Air Transport and Tourism Practitioners around a …
A Major New U.S.-Bahamas Aviation Agreement
The Bahamas and the United States have reached a “landmark and historic agreement” which will exempt Bahamian aircraft operators from payment of overflight flees to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie announced. “Under international laws and …
Dominica to Host Major Forum on Caribbean Aviation
A landmark Caribbean aviation forum is coming to Dominica. The first-ever Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference is coming to Dominica June 14-16. The meetup will focus on discussions on changes for improved airlift in the Caribbean region and the aviation sector’s …
Cricket and Air Transport in the Caribbean
By Kareem Yarde CJ Contributor Firstly, congratulations to the CHAMPION teams- ‘WI’ under 19s, ‘WI’ women’s and ‘WI’ men’s. Like many West Indians, on Sunday, I too was glued to the television, gripped with suspense and anticipation as ‘WI’ secured …
From Haiti to Cuba, One CEO’s Big Plans For Caribbean Aviation
By Simons Chase Cuba Journal HAITI — On a bright February morning amid a mild westerly breeze, a newly painted plane sticks out like a fresh blade of grass as it parks and prepares to load passengers on the tarmac …
WestJet Shows Slight Decline in Traffic
Canadian carrier WestJet showed a decline in revenue passenger miles last month, according to the company’s monthly report. The carrier posted 1.612 revenue passenger miles in November, down 2.7 percent from 1.656 billion revenue passenger miles in November 2014. Load …
How to Land in St Maarten, St Barth and Saba in One Caribbean Trip
An aviation geek’s dream By the Caribbean Journal staff Are you an Aviation Geek? Do you love the Caribbean? Then private jet booking firm PrivateFly may have the perfect Caribbean trip for you. The company has announced a new trip …
Developing Air Routes in the Caribbean
By Kareem Yarde Op-Ed Contributor “Graduates, go change your world!” That was final source of ignition which honorary graduate of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus Dr Pamela Coke Hamilton left with this year’s graduating class of …
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