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A hotline number has been set up at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to accommodate inquiries from consulates and concerned family members of passengers on the American Airline jet, which experienced landing problems at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, last night (Dec. 22). Speaking at a press conference today (Dec. 23) at Jamaica House in...

A team of investigators from the United States (US) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is currently in the island to help with investigations into the incident, involving an American Airlines aircraft, last night (December 22). The aircraft, carrying 148 passengers, plus a crew of six, from Miami USA, presumably overshot the runway of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston,...

Operations have resumed at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston, after being closed down overnight (Tuesday), following a landing mishap involving an American Airlines aircraft, which presumably overshot the runway. The mishap occurred as American Airlines flight AA 331 with 145 passengers and six crew members, en route from Miami, Florida, USA, made its final approach to the...

Members of the media are being advised that the landing mishap which took place at the Norman Manley International Airport last night (December 22), should be described as an incident and not a crash. A Technical Officer at the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), informed JIS News today (December 23), that the term incident should be used as there were...

The buoyancy of Jamaica's tourism sector, inspite of the global recession, was again demonstrated on Friday (December 18) when US Airways Flight 1619 with 123 passengers and six crew members on board touched down on Jamaican soil. The inaugural flight from Phoenix Sky Harbour International Airport in Arizona, USA, to Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay St. James, marked the...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says that downtown Kingston will be a priority in his multimodal concept of world class public transportation for Jamaica, which will include buses and taxis. "With Digicel and a number of major companies and Government Ministries and agencies planning to move back downtown, it is my duty to create a modern multimodal...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding in updating Parliament yesterday on the sale of Jamaica's national airline, Air Jamaica, said discussions with Caribbean Airlines will re-open once the exclusivity agreement with the second bidder expires. Speaking at the special sitting of Parliament yesterday (Dec 17) Mr. Golding said: "Not having been able to arrive at an agreement that we felt...

As part of efforts to ensure compliance with weight laws, Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, launched the Ministry's Vehicle Weight Enforcement programme in Rockfort, East Kingston on Tuesday (December 15). Mr. Henry, said that the programme was "long overdue," noting that it was not meant to "target anyone", but to help everyone and bring a level of...

Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, is advising motorists and other road users to be particularly careful approaching the end of the year, with all the festivities and hype the period normally brings, which usually gets played out somewhat in terms of poor driving habits and other miss-use of the roadways. In noting reports on the tragic accident in...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has said that negotiations for the sale of Air Jamaica are now at a stage where divestment seems imminent. "It is now at a stage where I can indicate that a decision on the future (of Air Jamaica) is imminent," Mr. Shaw told the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Dec...

The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) will be launching its Vehicle Weight Enforcement Programme next week. "This is something that should have long come on stream... but it is here now and we need to make it work well for the Jamaican people," said Transport Minister, Hon. Mike Henry. He was speaking yesterday (Dec.10) at the opening of the ITA's seminar...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), today (December 10), unveiled a fully reconditioned bus, as part of a major overseas rehabilitation programme being pursued. This initiative, being undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport and Works, is geared towards complementing the 200 new buses slated to arrive in 2010. The bus, which was previously earmarked for disposal as scrap...