The sign on the side of the road got me. It was black, and hand-painted. “Bar on the Beach.” That’s not a sign I can easily refuse. And, unsurprisingly, I was quickly rewarded, here on one of the most intriguingly-named beaches in the Caribbean. For starters, it’s cool here. No, the mercury reads somewhere […]
A big new airport for the region By Alexander Britell It isn’t just a major new airport for Antigua and Barbuda. It’s a major new airport for the wider Caribbean region. Antigua and Barbuda is slated to open the brand-new VC Bird International Airport on Thursday, marking the culmination of one of the region’s most ambitious […]
Above: construction work at VC Bird International Airport in Antigua By the Caribbean Journal staff The new airport terminal at Antigua’s VC Bird International Airport more than 70 percent finished, the government announced this week. The project, which covers a total of 23,000 square metres of space, is on track for completion in September 2014. […]
Above: a rendering of the new airport terminal By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda says it is planning to open the new terminal building at VC Bird Airport in September 2014. The new, modern terminal will cover a total of almost 250,000 square feet of space, with four jet bridges, four escalators, four […]
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