KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC—The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) has recognized a website for establishing the nation’s fourth worldwide airport, which might be positioned within the vacationer resort city of Negril, within the central parish of Westmoreland.
This improvement follows Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s latest announcement of the institution of a global airport within the resort city.
AAJ President and Chief Government Officer (CEO) Audley Deidrick defined that the federal government’s directive to the AAJ was to find out the extent to which the Negril Aerodrome could possibly be upgraded to a global airport, and consultants have been employed to develop a grasp plan to remodel the ability.
“We engaged consultants to do the mandatory research and out of these research it has emerged that the current aerodrome isn’t appropriate for the event of a significant worldwide airport, taking flights utilizing plane the dimensions of a Boeing 737, which is now the commonest plane utilized by airways for transport,” MDeidrick stated.
He stated that after researching the Negril space, the consultants had positioned an alternate website inside 15 to twenty minutes of the tourism belt and the seven-mile Negril seashore.
Deidrick stated plans are actually being crafted for the event of this worldwide airport, which is anticipated to ease among the strain off the Sangster Worldwide Airport in Montego Bay.
“That is to alleviate the challenges that vacationers flying into Montego Bay face entering into Negril, a protracted journey which, at occasions, can grow to be longer relying on site visitors and street circumstances,” he famous.
The President and CEO contended that the ability’s institution will augur properly for the expansion of western Jamaica.
“Along with catering to tourism site visitors for the Negril services and properties, we posit that an airport in that a part of Jamaica may even open up the western a part of Jamaica to varied types of additional financial improvement,” he famous.
Deidrick stated it is also an alternate for individuals within the western parishes of St. Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Hanover, and even components of St. James.
“That’s the ability of that airport as we see it, and when that point comes, and the Authorities offers the mandatory approval to maneuver into the development section, I’m fairly sure that Jamaica might be blissful to listen to that announcement,” he added.
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