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Jamaica

IATA Code
JM
Airlines
International Airlines serving this country (excluding codeshares)
Airports

Donald Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay and Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston are the country’s two international airports. There are four domestic airports: Tinson Pen in Kingston, Boscobel Aerodrome near Ocho Rios, Negril Aerodrome, and Ken Jones Aerodrome at Port Antonio. The previously majority state-owned Air Jamaica provides scheduled services from Kingston and Montego Bay to 13 destinations in the Caribbean, Canada, the United States.

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority's is responsible for ensuring that the public is provided with a safe, reliable, efficient and user-friendly Air Transport System, while also providing air navigation services.

Location of Jamaica

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Lack of liberalisation in the Caribbean poses major roadblock to REDjet expansion

20-Jan-12 4:41 PM

REDjet, the first and only Caribbean low-cost carrier, is aiming to pursue dramatic expansion in 2012 with up to eight new destinations. The ambitious and pioneering carrier, which launched services in May-2011, plans to add three destinations by early April, giving it a total of nine. The carrier aims to end the year with a network of up to 14 destinations throughout the Caribbean, northern South America and potentially Central America.

One airline, two brands serve Caribbean

12-Jul-11 2:03 PM

As headlines in Jamaica touted the end of an era, Caribbean Airlines, which acquired Air Jamaica in May, promised to become a “truly Caribbean airline” to serve the Caribbean as one airline but two brands. The two brands are now operating under the Caribbean Airlines BW code as they continue to integrate operations, ending Air Jamaica’s troubled 42-year history.

Adios Abertis Airports?

21-Jul-10 3:45 PM

The Barcelona-based Abertis Infraestructuras, one of the major European infrastructure conglomerates along with Ferrovial, Dragados y Construcciones (also of Spain), Atlantia (Italy) and Vinci (France) is the subject of a potential buyout involving CVC Capital Partners one of the world’s five leading private equity firms. It is being suggested that ‘non-core’ assets might be sold off. Could they include the airports?

Open skies with Jamaica to be renegotiated

9-Apr-10 2:31 PM

The transition of services from Air Jamaica to Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) has encountered a glitch in that CAL lacks permission to serve the US and the rights apparently do not transfer once the CAL acquires Air Jamaica.

Brazil leading Latin American traffic recovery

22-Oct-09 5:40 PM

The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (which comprises of 38 member airlines operating more than 800 aircraft in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay) reported a 6.9% increase in domestic passenger numbers in Aug-2009 to 7.1 million passengers, with a domestic load factor of 65.9% (-0.1 ppts).

Spirit CEO, Ben Baldanza Spirit of Jamaica?

7-Jul-09 3:53 PM

Fort Lauderdale-based ultra low cost carrier, Spirit Airlines, has reportedly acquired Air Jamaica, according to the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, citing unnamed sources, following government efforts to privatise the loss-making Jamaican carrier. The report stated the airline would be renamed ‘Spirit of Jamaica’.

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