Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says some segments of the multi-million-dollar master plan expansion programme being undertaken at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St. James will come on stream before the end of 2021. The projects, under the master plan, represent an investment of approximately US$100 million. Aspects of the undertaking include the expansion...

The Director-General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Mr. Nari Williams-Singh, has been elected to chair the Technical Stream on Safety Issues and Objectives of a High Level International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) conference on COVID-19. Deputy Secretary of the Singapore Ministry of Transport, Mr. Kevin Shum, will act as Vice-Chair. The conference is being held virtually October 12 –...

Minister of Transport and Mining Hon. Robert Montague on Thursday presented the Aeronautical School of the West Indies (ASWI) with a certificate, designating the institution as an Approved Training Organisation (ATO). This means that the institution is approved by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) to provide ground school training and flight training in Jamaica. Minister Montague described the occasion...

   

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) is imploring developers of multistorey buildings to seek the requisite approvals prior to erecting these buildings as they may be in breach of civil aviation guidelines. In an interview with JIS News, Director of Flight Safety at the JCAA, Noel Ellis, said the Authority has observed the emergence of numerous high-rise buildings throughout Jamaica,...

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Clifford Blake, says that the new police post at the Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA) in Boscobel, St. Mary, will bolster the ability of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to protect the country’s borders. He was speaking at the recent handover of the facility to the JCF by the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ). DCP...

The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has spent approximately $5 million since the start of 2021 to purchase tablets for students, as part of its corporate social responsibility programme. The tablets were earmarked to assist students who have been out of school since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced school closures in March 2020. Minister of Transport and...