Georgetown : Chief Executive Officer of the CJIA, Ramesh Ghir announced that the airport’s income for 2012 amounted to $1,094M as compared to $748M collected in 2011. The increase was as a result of additional rental/concession fees and passenger service charges.
With regards to passenger arrivals, there was an increase of 13% for 2012. The Immigration Division processed 267,652 passengers for 2012, as compared to the 236,344 in 2011. Total Passenger Movements for 2012 amounted to 543,435 or 15% more than that of 2011.
The Management of the CJIA also provided training opportunities for its staff in areas such as customer service, and senior manager.
In relation to airline services, Caribbean Airlines launched a direct service, BW527, from JFK to CJIA and a direct service to Toronto, Canada was also added. These direct flights are being operated using the Boeing 767-300 aircraft. Suriname Airways commenced a roundtrip service on the Paramaribo-Georgetown-Miami route twice weekly with its 126- seat B737-300 aircraft. LIAT continued to provide daily service on the Barbados- Georgetown route using the Dash 8 aircraft.
Delta maintained its four times weekly service to New York with the Boeing 757 aircraft. To cater for the increased traffic during the peak Christmas season, Delta increased its frequency to daily flights.
Ghir highlighted that some of the goals for 2013 will be to commence the construction of the airport expansion project, conduct a full scale emergency exercise, revise the airport emergency plan and airport security programme.
For 2013 equipment to be used for tracking air craft will be procured, and equipment is also being sourced to facilitate communication with air traffic controllers along the flight routes. These will be installed this year.
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