Published 20 November 2018
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CONSTRUCTION OF SECOND CRUISE PIER IN ST. KITTS MOVING APACE; ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IN SEPTEMBER 2019
Published 20 November 2018
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CONSTRUCTION OF SECOND CRUISE PIER IN ST. KITTS MOVING APACE; ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IN SEPTEMBER 2019
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 20, 2018 (SKNIS): Construction of the second cruise pier at Port Zante in St. Kitts is moving apace and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019, said the Minister of Public Infrastructure, the Honourable Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd, while responding to a question at the prime minister’s recent monthly press conference.
“The construction works are on schedule and we anticipate that it would be completed in September 2019 barring any bad weather,” said Minister Liburd. “Just last week, we carried out an updated simulation of ships – the simulation to satisfy us in terms of the berthing of three Oasis class ships” – the world’s largest and longest passenger ships.
CONSTRUCTION OF SECOND CRUISE PIER IN ST. KITTS MOVING APACE; ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IN SEPTEMBER 2019
Published 19 November 2018
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Fly Jamaica: Boeing passenger plane crash lands at Guyana airport after ‘technical problem’ on way to Toronto
Published 9 November 2018
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Fly Jamaica: Boeing passenger plane crash lands at Guyana airport after ‘technical problem’ on way to Toronto
Aircraft overshoots runway at Cheddi Jagan International Airport
A Fly Jamaica plane has been forced into a crash landing at a Guyana airport after developing a “technical problem” en route to Toronto, leaving at least six passengers injured.
The Boeing 757 was carrying 118 people including two infants and was forced to turn round minutes into the flight due to a “hydraulics problem”.
In the emergency landing the aircraft overran the airstrip, crashed through a perimeter fence and came to a rest a few feet in front of a steep ditch. Passengers exited the craft on escape slides.
INCREASING AIRLIFT ARRIVALS INTO ST. KITTS IS A SIGN OF EXPANDING TOURISM SECTOR
Published 06 November 2018
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INCREASING AIRLIFT ARRIVALS INTO ST. KITTS IS A SIGN OF EXPANDING TOURISM SECTOR
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 06, 2018 (SKNIS): Airlift arrivals into St. Kitts continue to trend upwards when compared to comparable statistics from the previous year said Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Lindsay Grant, while expressing pleasure with the arrival figures for 2018 thus far.
“We recorded a 14.3 percent increase system-wide and a whopping 20.3 percent increase from North America – our largest source market – for the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year. For the month of March alone, arrivals increased by 29.6 percent system-wide and 45.5 percent from North America over March 2017,” he said.