Today, Wednesday, 06 December 2023, the Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport officially welcomed USA-based carrier JetBlue Airways to Belize. JetBlue will have year-round service, offering non-stop flights between JFK International Airport, New York City and Belize. Using an Airbus 320, the airline will have three flights weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving PGIA…
Category: Aviation
Airport Development Project #33
FOREWORD These past many months so many have had to re-evaluate their lives and livelihood, to make sense of both time and its passage, to construct a different normal. It appeared an improbable feat. In its Wednesday, 19th May 2021 updated forecast, the International Air Transport Association, IATA, representing 82% of global air traffic, lowered…
Airport Development Project #32
FOREWORD It’s been a consequential time at Belize’s Philip Goldson International Airport. COVID-19 created what thinker Nassim Taleb calls Black Swans – extraordinary events carrying huge impacts. Have you ever seen airport terminals, stores, parking lots, boarding gates, air traffic control tower empty? We have. Nearly every day. For weeks. And it was at the…
Airport Development Project #31
FOREWORD The Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport is Central America’s busiest aerodrome! Last year, without disruption or accident, we accommodated just under 1,000,000 international and domestic passenger movements on 31,266 flights. These vital indicators aren’t just nice bullet points. Each agency’s efforts have a lasting impact on our capacity, reputation, efficiency, and above all, on…
