Travel
Masks mandate repealed, travel tests dropped
(CNS): Government’s mandatory requirement for people to wear masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19 has been repealed and is now purely voluntary, with the exception of visitors to hospitals, prisons and care homes. Bar and restaurant owners can require staff to mask up when serving customers but the government is no longer compelling […]
CAL flights cancelled due to ATC strike in Jamaica
(CNS): Jamaica’s airspace is closed due to a strike by the country’s air traffic controllers and Cayman Airways flights to Jamaica were cancelled Thursday as a result. Passengers from the affected flights, KX 604 and KX 605, have been rescheduled for Friday, 13 May, but the airline is warning that this depends on the situation […]
PACT seeks consultants for new cruise policy
(CNS): The tourism ministry is looking for help to come up with a new long-term cruise strategy as well as a new policy on public transport and its connection to the cruise business. A request for proposals from consultants with a “track record and proven experience in assessing the cruise tourism and public transport sectors” […]
New rules relaxing COVID-19 restrictions released
(CNS): The new regulations relating to the management of COVID-19 in the Cayman Islands have been published on the government gazette confirming the lifting of post-arrival test requirements for vaccinated travellers. The quarantine period for partially vaccinated, the non-securely verifiable vaccinated, and unvaccinated travellers has also dropped to seven days. Pre-flight tests to travel between Grand […]
High tourism hopes for return of CAL’s Denver flight
(CNS): Cayman Airways will re-start its nonstop weekly Saturday flights to Denver, Colorado, from Grand Cayman on 26 February, which, along with the return of several more airlines and routes this month, is fuelling high hopes for the tourism sector. Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan stressed the importance of getting the national flag carrier to restart […]
Airport reinstates drop-off and pick-up kerbside access
(CNS): The controversial ban on allowing private drivers to drop off and pick up passengers at the kerb outside the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) has been overturned. The Cayman Islands Airports Authority has said that from next Monday, 14 February, private vehicles will once again be allowed access for this purpose. But officials said […]
Passengers stranded by CAL-Jam-Cuba dispute
(CNS): A group of passengers travelling from Cuba to Grand Cayman on a Cayman Airways flight on Friday were caught up in a dispute between Jamaica, Cayman Airways and the Cuban authorities and were left stranded in Havana.
Phase 5 of border reopening takes immediate effect
(CNS): The quarantine and isolation misery will be over early for more than 500 people who are currently locked down because they travelled with unvaccinated children, as new regulations moving Cayman into Phase 5 of its border reopening plan come into effect. The new rules allow children travelling with adults to be assigned the COVID-19 […]
Fourth Max 8 set to land in Cayman
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) has taken delivery of its fourth Boeing B737-8 aircraft from Air Lease Corporation (ALC) at the Boeing Delivery Center in Seattle, Washington. The new plane will fly over the two airports before landing, which will be about 5pm at the Cayman Brac’s Charles Kirkconnell International Airport and about 5:30pm at […]
Governor rejects blame for airport kerbside ban
(CNS): Governor Martyn Roper has denied that either he or the UK created the problems relating to the ban on kerbside pick-up and drop-off at the Owen Roberts International Airport. He instead blamed the Cayman Islands Airport Authority for not using the taxi lane as a replacement area for this, and suggested that the airport’s […]
Airport parking fees back, kerbside drop-off still banned
(CNS): Parking fees will be back at Owen Roberts International Airport from 1 February, but private drivers are still not allowed to drop off or pick people up from the airport kerb. Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) officials said an upgrade to the ‘pay parking’ system has been rolled out so people can pay with […]
