Tag: Cayman Airways
No change to CAL’s schedule as borders stay closed
(CNS): There was little indication from the release of Cayman Airways’ schedule for May that the authorities are expecting to reopen Cayman’s borders before June. According to a press release from the national airline, the flight programme remains largely the same. CAL will continue to fly two flights per week to Miami on Wednesdays and […]
CAL staff in quarantine after ‘celebrity’ mask breach
(CNS): A Cayman Airways crew is currently in quarantine and some staff members have been suspended from duty after a breach of COVID-19 protocols aboard a Miami flight this weekend, when staff and passengers removed their masks in order to take pictures with actor Ron Perlman, who was on the Saturday flight. Cayman Airways Limited […]
Max 8s ‘as safe as you can get’, says Whorms
(CNS): The president of Cayman Airways, Fabian Whorms, has issued a video message to persuade what may be reluctant customers that the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, which will be returning to service within the next week, are “as safe as you can get”. The two CAL planes, which were grounded for almost two years […]
CAL ‘not ready’ for delayed Max 8 planes
(CNS): Cayman Airways Ltd (CAL) CEO Fabian Whorms has said the airline is not ready to take delivery of the two additional Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, given the limited service it is currently running. With the short-term, and even medium-term, future of tourism uncertain, Whorms said CAL is in talks with Boeing over the […]
CAL issues invitation to see Max 8s take off
(CNS): The public is invited to drop by the Cayman Airways hangar on Owen Roberts Drive, Grand Cayman, anytime between 10am and 2pm this Saturday to walk through the national airline’s new Boeing 737-8 aircraft and watch them on training flights. The controversial plane has got the green light to return to the skies, nearly […]
Max 8 aircraft are safe, say local pilots
(CNS): The Cayman Airline Pilots Association (CAPA) has endorsed the return of Cayman Airway Ltd’s Boeing 737 Max 8 planes to the skies. The CAPA said the changes made during the time they have been grounded make it a very different aircraft. With the significant safety enhancements and scrutiny of this aircraft, they believe it […]
CAL’s Max 8s cleared for take-off
(CNS): The Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI) has cleared the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for take-off following clearance by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the end of last year and approval this week by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). As […]
CAL adds Cuba and Barbados flights
(CNS): Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) has added two repatriation flights to Cuba and two charter flights to Barbados. The first Havana flight is on Saturday, 19 December, followed by one on 9 January. Both flights will depart Grand Cayman at 1:25pm on the respective Saturday and return the same day, leaving Havana at 4pm. The […]
FAA’s clearance doesn’t release CAL’s Max 8s
(CNS) UPDATED with CAACI statement: News on Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States had given the green light for Boeing’s troubled 737 Max aircraft to resume passenger flights is only the first step in a long road to the planes returning to service. Cayman Airways officials welcomed the recertification but said […]
TravelCayman struggling with demand
(CNS): The transition to the new system handling those wishing to return or visit Cayman has not gone smoothly. TravelCayman is also struggling to cope with the increase in demand from property owners and others with connections to the island who want to visit. CNS has heard numerous complaints from people who have spent hours […]
Airport reopens and Miami flight rescheduled
(CNS): Cayman Airways’ repatriation flight to Miami is now expected to depart at 2:30pm Wednesday, since all flights were cancelled yesterday after Owen Roberts International Airport and Charles Kirkconnell International Airport were both closed. The flight will return from Miami at 7pm, when arriving passengers cleared to do so will be tested at the airport […]
