Airport on the road to recovery
PHILIPSBURG — In the first seven months of the year, Princess Juliana international airport handled 425,000 departing passengers. “The airport is currently at 95 percent recovery in terms of traffic and movements,” airport-director Brian Mingo says. Twenty percent of departing passengers used American Airlines (85,325) while 14 percent (59,070 More...
What an FBO-facility ought to look like
PHILIPSBURG — Aviation expert Cdr. Bud Slabbaert, a columnist for Bluesky and Business Airport International has expressed on many occasion his thoughts about what a proper FBO (Fixed Base Operator) at any More...
Airport installs new members to supervisory board
PHILIPSBURG — The Princess Juliana International Airport Exploitation Company (PJIAE) installed three new members to its supervisory board this week: Marion Kan, Justin Woods and Anisa Dijkhoffz. This was More...
Agreement about flights to Dominican Republic
PHILIPSBURG -- The seemingly bitter fight between the civil aviation authorities in the Dominican Republic and St. Maarten has fizzled before it even started. Winair can continue offering flights on this route, More...
Court supports dismissal of air traffic controller
PHILIPSBURG — René Guishard no longer has his job as air traffic controller at Princess Juliana International Airport, after the Court in First Instance ruled it justified that the SXM Airport fired him More...
Court rejects all demands but one from fired airport COO Hyman
PHILIPSBURG — Leaking confidential information to Parliament and the Council of Ministers and refusing to enlighten the Supervisory Board of Directors of the Princess Juliana International Airport Exploitation More...
Girls in Aviation Day touches down in St. Maarten
New initiative launched to introduce opportunities in avionics to local girls. PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Women in Aviation International (WAI) Girls in Aviation Day is a new collaborative effort by WAI and More...
Airport completes refinancing of 2012-loan
PHILIPSBURG — Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) completed the refinancing of its 2012-loan with a celebration at the Mimosa Sky Lounge on Rhine Road. The airport secured a $90 million loan package More...
St. Maarten benefits from increased traffic to St. Barths
PHILIPSBURG — The important role of Princess Juliana International Airport as a hub, and that of local airline Winair as the main carrier for flights to and from St. Barths were confirmed by data released More...
Passenger airliner makes emergency landing at Juliana Airport
~ Air Caraibes Airbus 332 blows out engine on take off ~ AIRPORT, December 28, 2021 -- An Airbus 332 with passengers on board en route to Paris Orly reportedly blew out an engine after taking off from the Princess More...
