Tag: Cayman Airways

CAL needs realistic budget to cover losses, says OAG

CAL needs realistic budget to cover losses, says OAG

| 12/03/2024 | 65 Comments

(CNS): Between 2018 and 2022, the Cayman Islands Government gave Cayman Airways Limited more than $152.5 million in funding, but each year the money was not enough to cover expenses. Over the same period, it received almost $24 million in supplementary appropriations after total losses of $34 million due to unrealistic budgeting. A new report […]

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CAL’s 2023 passenger load bigger than pre-COVID

CAL’s 2023 passenger load bigger than pre-COVID

| 01/02/2024 | 33 Comments

(CNS): The national flag carrier of the Cayman Islands, Cayman Airways Limited (CAL), carried more passengers last year than it did in 2019, the last full year before the borders were closed in 202 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release this week, CAL said it transported 422,189 passengers in 2023 compared with […]

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CAL leaves jet with cracked windshield in LA

CAL leaves jet with cracked windshield in LA

| 05/01/2024 | 10 Comments

(CNS): One of Cayman Airways Limited’s 737 Max8 aircraft was left in Los Angeles Wednesday so that its windshield could be repaired. The plane is not expected back until Saturday, leading to a reshuffle of the airline’s schedule after it ferried a replacement plane to operate flight KX481. The minor damage to the outermost, non-structural […]

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CAL to increase Miami flights, DoT seeks new routes

CAL to increase Miami flights, DoT seeks new routes

| 15/12/2023 | 117 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Airways management team is planning to add more flights to Miami to meet demand, and the Department of Tourism is mulling new routes to the United States to attract new visitors from Kansas and Texas. As the parliament’s Finance Committee questioned CAL Executive Vice President Finance and Commercial Affairs Paul Tibbetts about […]

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Losses covered on CAL’s Barbados route

Losses covered on CAL’s Barbados route

| 28/11/2023 | 86 Comments

(CNS): Cayman Airways’ deal with Barbados to launch the route to the eastern Caribbean island guarantees the airline’s costs, plus a small mark-up according to documents released under a Freedom of Information request. The route ran at just 24% occupancy in October and although November is expected to be better when the numbers are in, […]

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Local veteran pilot takes top role at CAL

Local veteran pilot takes top role at CAL

| 01/11/2023 | 16 Comments

(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited has promoted Senior Boeing 737-8 Cayman Airways Captain Sean Bent as the airline’s chief pilot following a competitive selection process. Captain Bent starts his new role today, 1 November, which includes responsibility for both the mainline operations and Cayman Airways Express.

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CAL launches new weekly Barbados flight

CAL launches new weekly Barbados flight

| 18/10/2023 | 85 Comments

(CNS): The first flight of Cayman Airways’ new route took off Wednesday morning bound for Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados. The weekly scheduled service was launched after the national flag carrier received a request from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. The details of the deal have not been made public, though it is understood that […]

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Jamaica switches to digital travel declaration

Jamaica switches to digital travel declaration

| 31/08/2023 | 14 Comments

(CNS): The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority has switched to an online paperless travel declaration system, and from Friday, it will be mandatory for all passengers travelling to the island, including Jamaican nationals, to use the Online Passenger Declaration Form instead of the paper C5 form. Cayman Airways urged passengers to go online before flying this […]

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US travellers on CAL get access to TSA’s fast lane

US travellers on CAL get access to TSA’s fast lane

| 29/08/2023 | 31 Comments

(CNS): Cayman Airways has been approved as a TSA PreCheck® participating airline by the United States Government’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This means that eligible international and domestic travellers will get through the security screening much faster at all the American airports where CAL currently flies, including Miami, Tampa, New York, Denver and Los Angeles.

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PPM challenges lack of transparency on Barbados route

PPM challenges lack of transparency on Barbados route

| 25/07/2023 | 75 Comments

(CNS): The opposition is calling on Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan to reveal details of the deal that led to Cayman Airways’ new Barbados route and an additional flight to Los Angeles. CNS asked the minister during the press conference announcing the new gateway held Monday what, if any, financial contribution Barbados was making towards this […]

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CAL adds Barbados to connect to region and Europe

CAL adds Barbados to connect to region and Europe

| 24/07/2023 | 148 Comments

(CNS): Cayman Airways Ltd is set to add two midweek flights from Grand Cayman to Barbados from 18 October. In what Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said was an unusual move for the government-owned airline, the goal is to expand connections across the Caribbean for both countries, as well as offer Barbados a connection to the […]

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