Tag: Cayman Islands Airport Authority
Auditor general warns SAGCs are under strain
(CNS): Well over half of all statutory authorities and government companies that are managed as autonomous public sector entities are running at a loss and under considerable strain, the auditor general has warned. Sue Winspear said more than eight SACGs had ended the last five years with deficits in contravention of the Public Management and […]
Airport shops closed as upgrade moves on
(CNS): As work continues to redevelop and expand Owen Roberts International Airport, the retail and duty-free concessions in the original terminal have been closed to accommodate the renovations. The Runaway Bar in the Departures Hall is still operating but there will be no other shops open until the summer, when the new concessions will be […]
Cayman Airways plane damaged by private jet
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has launched an investigation into an incident last week in which the newly purchased Cayman Airways Express Saab 340 aircraft was damaged by a private jet at the airport on Grand Cayman. A release Wednesday morning by the airline said that on the night of Thursday, 24 March, […]
Smoke at works site leads to airport evacuation
(CNS): Travellers and staff were evacuated from Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) Wednesday lunchtime after smoke was spotted at the site where a new baggage hall building is being constructed as part of the ongoing expansion project. Officials from the Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) said that the source of the smoke has not been […]
Aircraft spill causes disruption at airport
(CNS): The runway at Owen Roberts International Airport was temporarily closed on Friday afternoon after an aircraft broke down and spilled hydraulic fluid on the tarmac. Officials from the Airports Authority have not disclosed the details of the flight or which airline was involved but said the incident happened around noon. The entire runaway was […]
Tussles with airport board made dismissal ‘inevitable’
(CNS): The former CEO of the Cayman Islands Airports Authority has said that his dismissal by the board in February 2013 was, in hindsight, inevitable and from the time government changed in 2009 and UDP came into power, there was “something in the wind”. Jeremy Jackson told CNS, “I’m surprised I lasted as long as […]
Theft allegations at CIAA dismissed by FCU
(CNS): After a two-year investigation by the RCIPS Financial Crime Unit into alleged theft at the Cayman Islands Airports Authority, the case has been closed and the former CEO of the authority has been told that no further action against him is to be taken. Jeremy Jackson, who was sacked by the board in February […]
US-Brac-Cuba flights to start this summer
(CNS): The upgrades to the airport on Cayman Brac enables it to handle international flights and Cayman Airways is already in the process of securing the necessary certification to introduce new flights to and from the US and Holguin in Eastern Cuba, Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell told his constituents yesterday at the official opening of […]
