SXM Airport named StMaartenNews.com’s Entity of the Year 2024
PHILIPSBURG — StMaartenNews.com is proud to announce Princess Juliana International Airport – SXM Airport – as the recipient of our Entity of the Year 2024 award in the positive. This recognition celebrates the airport’s incredible resilience, transformative reconstruction efforts, and its unwavering role as a cornerstone of St. More...
Sint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport Recommissioned
Washington D.C., November 14, 2024 – Sint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport officially reopened today, following extensive rehabilitation after the airport was destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and More...
Finance Minister: There were no conclusive discussions by previous COM to sell WINAIR shares and this government will not sell shares in the airline
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Minister of Finance, Marinka Gumbs clarified here this week that “the issue is not whether the previous Council of Ministers held discussions with some entities about the possible More...
Local Shareholders Will Be Winair’s Best Customers!
~ Unpaid Advice to Government About Winair From Local Aviation and Travel Specialist, Terrance Rey ~ The recent acquisition of Winair’s third ATR42-500 aircraft marks a milestone in the airline’s growth More...
Sales of Winair’s shares is not a “missed opportunity”
PHILIPSBURG — Recent false statements by the current Minister of Finance, Marinka Gumbs, asserting that no discussions regarding the sale of WINAIR shares took place prior to their public announcement by More...
Court forces decision about EZ Air’s permission to fly to St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG — The administrative court gave the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) four weeks to take a decision about a request from EZ Air for a FACOP (Foreign More...
Minister Heyliger-Marten opposes new contract for airport director Brian Mingo
PHILIPSBURG — Outgoing Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Grisha Heyliger-Marten opposes the renewal of the contract of airport director Brian Mingo, it appears More...
Jetair goes bankrupt, but new owner could restart the business
WILLEMSTAD — After Insel Air ceased operations on February 16, 2019, it was replaced by another Curacao-based airline called Jetair. Five years later, on June 18, 2024, Jetair filed for bankruptcy and the More...
Airport beats expectations with higher number of passengers
PHILIPSBURG -- Airlines operating at Princess Juliana International Airport have added 1,596 seats to their carrying capacity during the period that ends on October 31. This appears from a presentation SXM Airport More...
Land Transfer Issue Being Resolved to Facilitate Met Office, Civil Aviation Projects, Says Grisha
GREAT BAY (May 27, 2024)—The process of the transfer of land from the Princess Juliana International Airport Holding company (PJIAH) to the government for the construction of the Weather Bureau and Civil Aviation More...
