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2nd half year 2010 Volume 02 - No. 8
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| Drs. Holiday given grand send-off to Governorship |
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On the night PJIAE threw him an elaborate farewell party, Drs. Eugene Holiday sat quietly in the front
row of the beautifully decorated B-gates lounge that had been transformed especially for the event. He
sat thoroughly enjoying each minute of the
extensive program. From time to time he would nod modestly
as praise upon praise for his contributions to PJIAE were bestowed upon him. Every so often he couldn't
hold it in and would burst into laughter. And when it came time to address the large crowd for the last
time in his capacity as President of PJIAE, he started off by praising his staff who had spared no efforts
to bid him farewell. "I did not
give them fish, I taught them to fish and tonight is evidence of that,"
he said, prompting spontaneous applause from the crowd.
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| PJIA is third largest airport in Caribbean |
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Princess Juliana International Airport is the third largest airport
in the Caribbean, according to the
Latin American and
Caribbean Air Transport Association ALTA. ALTA released its
updated 2010 Latin America
and Caribbean Capacity Analysis
and has PJIA as third largest airport, behind only San Juan,
Puerto Rico
(Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport), and
Nassau, Bahamas (Lynden Pindling International Airport).
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| TelEm Installs Interactive Vending Machines at PJIA |
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Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company was the first
company to receive the new line
of interactive vending machines TelEm
Group introduced on St. Maarten.
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| Vip destination goes The Extra Mile |
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As a clear testimony that confidence in doing business at PJIA
remains high, destination management company
"VIP Destinations"
opened up shop at the airport in November. Director
Amy Adoptie says she has only
one objective: "To go the extra
mile and do everything customers want. If we have to dance in
the meet-and-greet
area to make them feel welcome at arrival,
then we'll dance," she says.
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| PJIA commissions new crash tender |
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On Nov. 18, PJIAE commissioned a new crash tender made
especially for use at airports. The 2010 P7-11,
made by E1 in
Ocala Florida, is a 6 X 6 vehicle, capable of carrying 3,000 gallons
of water and 400 gallons
of foam, as well as 500 pounds
of dry chemical. The new No. 2 crash tender replaced the previous
No.
2 vehicle that was bought in 1995. "PJIAE is proud to
introduce its newest crash tender. We are proud
that we are
able to remain in tune with international safety and security
requirements, and also hopeful
that we will not need to make
use of this wonderful piece of equipment. We never have;
hopefully we never
will _ only for training purposes," PJIAE_s
Interim Managing Director Mr. Larry Donker said.
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| Air France elected "Airline of the year" |
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Air France was elected "Airline of the year" in the category of
the "2010 Business Travel Gold Awards"
organized by IFTM
Top Resa International Travel fair, Thalys International and
DéplacementsPros.
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| COPA starts St. Maarten service |
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Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines touched down at Princess
Juliana International Airport (PJIA) on Saturday,
Dec. 18. Copa
flight 228, direct out of Panama City utilizing a Boeing 737 aircraft,
landed at 4:06 p.m.,
11 minutes early, with a full complement
of 124 passengers.
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| Big Changes at
PJIAE In 2010 |
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The year 2010 has seen some big changes both on St. Maarten
and at PJIAE. On Oct. 10, 2010 the Netherlands
Antilles (of
which St. Maarten was formerly a member) ceased to exist
and St. Maarten obtained country
status within the Kingdom
of the Netherlands. Also in October 2010, President Eugene
Holiday resigned
from PJIAE to become the first governor of
Country St. Maarten.
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| PJIAE Opens New Airport Road |
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The Princess Juliana International Airport officially opened the
new section of the Airport Road, with
a special Road Opening
ceremony where Prime Minister Sarah Wescott-Williams,
chauffeured in her E-1 vehicle,
was the first to drive on the new
road.
The road has been rerouted in keeping with the airport master
plan and the ongoing works to construct
a Runway End Safety
Area (RESA) at the East end of the Runway.
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| PJIAE Attends Network Latin America 2010 |
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PJIAE was well represented at the fourth Network Latin America,
which was held Dec. 5 -7 in San Jose,
Costa Rica. Network
Latin America brings several airports and airlines together in
one place. The event
is based around a series of formal faceto-
face meetings where airports get a chance to discuss their
marketing
plans with a choice of key carriers. The conference
is held annually to foster route development, specifically
in
the Latin American and Caribbean region.
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| PJIAE Records Positive Performance in 2009 |
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Lower passenger and aircraft traffic in 2009, associated with
the global economic downturn, resulted in
a decline in total
revenue of NAf. 4.3 million for the Princess Juliana International
Airport operating
company (PJIAE). Former President of PJIE
Eugene Holiday, in his last fiscal year as president before
being
appointed Governor of St. Maarten, outlined in PJIAE's annual
report the challenges and efforts
to mitigate the effects of the
economic downturn. However, despite the decline in revenue,
PJIAE recorded
a positive overall financial performance with a
net positive result of NAf 4.6 million.
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| Anguilla Airport Attains International Status,
New Name |
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Anguilla's Wallblake Airport has been awarded international
airport designation by the International Civil
Aviation
Organization, and has been renamed the Clayton J. Lloyd
International Airport. The name honours
Anguillan aviation
pioneer Clayton J. Lloyd. The airport served as a military
airstrip in the 1940s and
today accommodates inter-island
aircraft and executive jets.
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| PJIA Airport Taxi Association attends
FCCA conference in DR |
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Mr. Jean Samuel, President of the Airport Taxi Association
(ATA) says the conference that he attended
in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic in October left him with a "positive
feeling" about getting more
work for his members. Samuel
attended the conference by the Florida Caribbean Cruise
Association (FCCA)
together with ATA Assistant Secretary
Leonard Gumbs.
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| Jan Brown closes four decades of aviation service |
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Jan Brown retired as Director of the Air Traffic Services (ATS)
Division on July 30, bringing an end to
a stellar 37 year career
at the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) and 41 years
in the field
of aviation.
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| Record attendance for Safety/Security Workshop |
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The PJIA Safety and Security Workshop of 2010 will likely have
the best attendance numbers in comparison
to the previous
workshops. Workers from the Airport Operating Company, as
well as their fellow airport
workers from airlines and handlers
since Nov. 15, 2010 followed presentations on safety and security
awareness
matters; the workshops, scheduled to end
on Dec. 28, were extended until Jan 28, 2011.
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