JetBlue Launches New Service from Fort Lauderdale Focus City to St. Maarten
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Seasonal Service from Boston Also Set to Resume, with New Saturday Mint Flights Debuting on the Route. Saturday Mint Flights to St. Maarten Resume From New York-JFK. ST. MAARTEN – Feb. 14, 2019 – JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) is set to launch new daily service from its Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) focus city to St. Maarten’s More...
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Opposition criticizes airport loans: “You have no deal”
PHILIPSBURG – Opposition members of parliament were firing on all cylinders during Monday afternoon’s continued meeting about the financing agreement for the airport-reconstruction. Prime Minister Leona More...
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Court ruling brings Insel Air closer to bankruptcy
PHILIPSBURG – InterCaribbean has to provide a $500,000 bank guarantee for Insel Air, the Court in first Instance ruled on Thursday. But Insel cannot touch that money until the court has ruled in a regular More...
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Air France / KLM Code Share renewal audit at Winair
Philipsburg, January 18, 2019 –According to internal policy and international EASA standards both Air France and KLM were obliged to perform the Codeshare renewal audit at Winair. This audit must be done Bi-annually. More...
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Insel Air on the verge of bankruptcy
PHILIPSBURG – Troubled airline Insel Air came one step closer to bankruptcy this week after the Court in First Instance withheld its approval of the so-called homologation agreement with its creditors. Intercaribbean, More...
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Questions for the Minister of TEATT about the FAA status of the St. Maarten Civil Aviation Authority
Philipsburg — Since the honourable Minister of Transportation, Stuart Johnson, left the Wednesday’s Council of Minister’s press briefing without taking questions from the media, we would like More...
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No clear indication on when the financing will become available for the airport
PHILIPSBURG — There has been no clear indication from the Council of Ministers of how long it will take to pay back the Euros 100 million which was offered to the Government of St. Maarten from the Netherlands More...
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The expansion of L’Esperance Airport runway at a standstill
GRAND CASE — Although the Lawrence family has received the funds for the land more than a year ago to accommodate the expansion of the L’Esperence airport in Grand Case, nothing seem to be happening as More...
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Council of Ministers supports airport financing through the World Bank and European Investment Bank
PHILIPSBURG – Over the past months, the Government of Sint Maarten has worked closely with the Netherlands, the World Bank and the European Investment Bank to secure the necessary funding for the full recovery More...
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There is need for more parking at PJIA
AIRPORT—“There is need for more parking space for aircraft at the Princess Juliana International Airport,” said General Manager of Signature, Matumi Shigemoto. He pointed out that this is one of the constraints More...