AIRPORTS NEWS & UPDATES January 2014 INSIDE THIS SPANKING NEW 2014 ISSUE : HAPPY NEW YEAR from NMIA, your Kingston Gateway P 1 NMIA CHARITY 5K WALK / RUN 2014 - REGISTER NOW!!! P 2 NMIA GOES PINK...join us in the fight against Cancer P 3 NMIA CHARITY RUN 2013 brings early CHRISTMAS to Kingston Public Hosp. P 4 GRAND WELCOME HOME for songbird TESSANNE P 5 DELTA AIR LINES INAUGURAL ATL KIN daily,nonstop service is HERE! P 6-76 T was 25 days of CHRISTMAS JA Welcome at the NMIA / Air Turks & Caicos - new name & new service P 8-98
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DOING GOOD IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD The Kingston Public Hospital was in for a early Christmas treat with the kind donation of a VIVID 7 ECHO MACHINE for the CANCER UNIT. This acquisition was made possible from the proceeds of the 2013 NMIA PALISADOES CHARITY 5K WALK / RUN. The critical piece of equipment was well received and is expected to make a positive impact on patient care. Cut and paste link in browser to view video clip of highlights of official hand - over ceremony. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evo9k6ke4ri&feature=youtu.be
Meanwhile at the NMIA GENERAL AVIATION CENTRE : Dec. 21 GIRL TESSANNE CHIN returns to GRAND WELCOME & FAN HOME-GIRL TESSANNE CHIN GRAND WELCOME & FAN FARE 3 days after her historic win on the American singing competition, THE VOICE. She was met by Government officials, family members and many proud Jamaicans. NEW BILLBOARD @ NMIAirport Arrivals Singing Sensation TESSANNE holds on tight to her Season 5 THE VOICE trophy as she stands next to the private jet that brought her home. AIRPORTS NEWS & UPDATES extends a Warm Welcome, BIG CONGRATS and BEST WISHES to TESSANNE CHIN. #veryproudjamaican
Delta Air Lines Re-introduces Daily/ Non-stop Service between ATL and KIN NMIA, KINGSTON December 19 Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) re-introduces it s daily non-stop flight between Atlanta and Kingston, Jamaica just in time for the winter tourist season. The route will be serviced by a B737 aircraft with 160 seats of capacity. We are seeking to offer our customers the convenience of increased routes between our hub in Atlanta and the most important business and leisure destinations in the Caribbean, said María Fernanda Price, Regional Manager for Delta in Central America and the Caribbean. From Atlanta, customers have access to more than 1,000 daily flights to 208 destinations that Delta operates, including nonstop service to 65 international destinations. The schedule is as follows : Flight Departure Arrival Frequency DL 383 Atlanta (ATL) at 9:55 a.m. Kingston (KIN) at 12:57 p.m. Daily DL 384 Kingston (KIN) at 2:02 p.m. Atlanta (ATL) at 5:05 p.m. Daily The new flights are now available for booking through delta.com. Customers could also access Delta s Twitter channel @DeltaAssist, for real-time support before, during and after travel. ABOUT DELTA AIR LINES: Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year. Delta was named by Fortune magazine as the most admired airline worldwide in its 2013 World s Most Admired Companies airline industry list, topping the list for the second time in three years. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 319 destinations in 59 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in the industry s leading trans-atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. Delta is investing more than $3 billion in airport facilities and global products, services and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on delta.com, Twitter @Delta, Google.com/+Delta and Facebook.com/delta. Page 6 NEWSLETTER TITLE
KGN.Dec.19 HIGHLIGHTS of DELTA AIR LINES Official Launch / NMIA Passenger Pier NMIA CUSTOMS team share a light moment with Delta Air Lines Executive (centre) L-R Dir. John Lynch (JTB), MTWH -Hon. Dr. Morais Guy., MP. and President Ja. Travel Agents Assoc.- Mrs. Pamela Reese greets Regional Director Caribbean Maria Fernanda Price, Delta Air Lines. Looking on is Snr. Dir. Alfred Mcdonald / NMIA and Regional Mgr. Richard Pile / DELTA TEAM JTB TEAM DELTA AIR LINES is all smiles Faydene Roye gives the new service thumbs Up! Travel Agents strike a pose with DELTA Regional Manager, Richard Pile (2nd from right) CVMtv interviews NMIA,CEO Earl Richards Richard & Yvonne JTB and Courtleigh Group show DELTA AIR LINES some KINGSTON love The Travel / Tourism Industry high flyers turned out at the Norman Manley International Airport to warmly welcome the re-introduction of DELTA AIR LINES direct service to Destination Kingston from Atlanta. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 Page 7
HIGHLIGHTS of NMIA SPECIAl CHRISTMAS WELCOME 2013 2013 Wi don't have no snow; Wi don't have no sleigh but what wi do have is CHRISTMAS JA @ The NMIA. KINGSTON CITY DIVA Chef Jacqui Tyson and beverage partners TING /PEPSI Co turned up the heat in the NMIA ARRIVALS FORECOURT ALL CHRISTMAS and right into the new YEAR.
COMING SOON... Phone : 876924-8835-7 Fax : 876-924-8624 Email : aaj@aaj.com.jm FACEBOOK / normanmanleyintlairport ********* Providing World Class Airports DISTINCTLY JAMAICAN Kingston, Jamaica, January 2014 Air Turks & Caicos unveiled its new namechange to Inter Caribbean Airways. Now offering scheduled air service connecting KINGSTON to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with 3 weekly flights and a 4 th non-stop service to Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands. Inter Caribbean Airways also launches connecting services 4 times a week to San Juan, Puerto Rico via Providenciales. Travelers to San Juan can now save as much as half a day of travel time, making same day business easy breezy! NEW YEAR PREDICTION...