Airport holding pressured management to accept JPF funding proposal
PHILIPSBURG – The Princess Juliana International Airport Holding has pressured the airport’s management board to “immediately investigate the proposed financing via JPF Corporate Finance. This appears from a letter holding managing director Dexter Doncher sent to Chief Executive Officer Brian Mingo and Chief Operating Officer Michel Hyman via More...
MP Brison threatens to send prime minister home over mishandling of airport
PHILIPSBURG – “The biggest impediment to progress at the airport is the prime minister who has displayed poor leadership and incompetence in handling the issues surrounding the airport. She is exhibiting More...
Minister Johnson spinned the Vidanova airport-funding story
PHILIPSBURG – Financing a US pre-clearance facility at the airport is not part of a refinancing proposal by Curacao-based pension fund Vidanova, as Minister Stuart Johnson (Tourism and Economic Affairs) claimed More...
EZ-Air files court case against Winair flights
PHILIPSBURG — Dutch news site Koninkrijksrelaties.nu reports that the Bonaire-based airline company EZ-Air does not want Winair to transport passengers between the ABC islands. According to a petition filed More...
Johnson attends DC-ANSP Shareholders meeting in Curacao
PHILIPSBURG — The Honourable Stuart Johnson Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunication (TEATT) returned to St. Maarten on Sunday following a meeting of the Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation More...
Winair generated US$850K in profit during fiscal year 2018
POND ISLAND — On Thursday, August 22, 2019, Winair conducted its annual general meeting of shareholders in the Council of Ministers meeting hall. Main agenda point was to review the 2018 fiscal year financial More...
WAKING UP IN PARADISE?
By ir. Damien Richardson When Adam woke up that first day in paradise, as his eyes, hears, nose, and all of his body senses began to be activated; that must have been an unbelievable experience. But I am sure that More...
Venezuelan gold bars confiscated
AIRPORT — On Sunday, July 14th at approximately 04.45 p.m., a routine joint control was carried out at the Princess Juliana International Airport between the Customs Department and the Alpha Team on board More...
A push for market liberalization in the Caribbean
by Seth Miller Can cooperation and market liberalization beat out protectionist interests in the Caribbean? The 2019 Caribavia conference wasted little time in bringing that question to the forefront. With representatives More...
Airlift conference returns to St.Maarten/St. Martin
AIRPORT — The 4th annual Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference will be held June 11-13 on St. Maarten/St. Martin The conference is hosted by St. Maarten/St. Martin and supported by a number of major local More...
