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Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, announced on 27 August the extension of its ground handling licence at Princess Juliana International Airport, on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten. The five year extension will see Menzies deliver its premium ground handling offering up until December 2026 and will represent over 7,700 aircraft turns perContinue reading “LARA: Menzies Aviation extends ground handling licence at… PJIA”

Residents in Caribbean islands are bracing Tuesday as Tropical Storm Dorian moved across St. Lucia and into the eastern Caribbean Sea, heading toward Puerto Rico. Tropical storm warnings and watches were in effect for several islands, including Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the National Hurricane Center said. Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic’sContinue reading “Tropical Storm Dorian hurls toward Caribbean islands; Puerto Rico under hurricane watch”

Hurricane Dorian is currently raging in the Caribbean. For this reason, the cruise company Royal Cruise has drastically changed its routes. Tropical storm Dorian is currently threatening the eastern Caribbean. The cruise companies also feel that. The hurricane is currently moving towards Barbados. Due to developments, Royal Caribbean has changed the itinerary on some cruiseContinue reading “PASSENGERS IN DANGER Royal Caribbean cruise ships forced to change itineraries – due to hurricane”

WORK to help save the TCI’s precious reefs from a highly contagious coral disease already detected around three islands is poised to begin within days. TC Reef Fund chiefs said they hoped to start treatment which includes administering antibiotics to areas infected with deadly stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) shortly. The NGO had beenContinue reading “Efforts to stem lethal coral disease found in St Maarten & other Caribbean Islands soon underway”

In 1989, an Air France Concorde made a very special flight to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten. It would be the only time in history that the world’s most iconic airplane and beach would ever meet. The Concorde landed at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, and the airport itself did not forgetContinue reading “Photos: The day the world’s most famous aviation plane and beach met”

From 2 September to 6 September 2019, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Carola Schouten will visit the Caribbean Netherlands. The visit is aimed at strengthening mutual cooperation and the advancement of various projects in the field of agricultural and horticultural development, nature conservation and fishing on Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire. In addition,Continue reading “Schouten to the Dutch Caribbean”

Royal Caribbean has become the first cruise line impacted by the oncoming Tropical Storm Dorian in the Eastern Caribbean. Tropical Storm Dorian is currently heading towards the Eastern Caribbean and all the cruise lines are closely monitoring its development. Royal Caribbean has become the first cruise line to change one of its ship itineraries toContinue reading “Royal Caribbean Changes Itinerary Due to Tropical Storm Dorian”

** SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN # 2 – Tropical Storm Dorian ** DATE ISSUED: Sunday, 25 August, 2019 TIME: 05:30AM (09:30UTC) At 5:00 am today the center of Tropical Storm Dorian was located near latitude 11.0 North, longitude 51.6 West, or about 905 miles southeast of St. Maarten. Dorian is moving toward the west near 13Continue reading “LATEST TROPICAL STORM DORIAN UPDATE”

The condolence register that has been opened online to condemn the royal family with the death of Princess Christina is only rarely used since the cremation last Thursday. For example, three messages were placed on Saturday, and another nine on Friday. The intention is to close the register in the short term, as the GovernmentContinue reading “Condolences Continue To Trickle In Following Death Of Princess”

ST MAARTEN – Passengers on a KLM flight have been stuck on St Maarten for two days. Flight KL789 was to depart via Curaçao to Amsterdam on Friday, but the aircraft is struggling with a defective part. According to a KLM spokeswoman, a new part is currently on its way to the Antillean island. TheContinue reading “Passengers KLM flight fixed on St Maarten”