November 2011 – Page 24 – Radio Turks & Caicos

November 18, 2011

Boeing sets record with $22 billion order

Emirates Airlines' position as the biggest all-time orderer of Boeing jets lasted all of four days. Boeing announced Thursday that Indonesia's Lion Air has set a record with a nearly $22 billion order of jets. The U.S. company had previously counted…

November 18, 2011

US reviving tariff on Caribbean travellers

CARIBBEAN, Canadian and Mexican travellers will now have to pay a US$5.50 tax if they enter the United States by air or sea. A US-Colombia free trade deal, passed last month, includes a clause that removes an exemption from the tariff for travellers…

November 18, 2011

Bahamas sees 40 per cent hike in visitor arrivals from Latin America

THE Bahamas saw a 40 per cent hike in visitor arrivals from Latin America for June and July, with Copa Airlines' four-weekly flights behind 98 per cent of the increase, according to statistics out of its Ministry of Tourism. Copa's Vice-President…

November 18, 2011

St Lucia, Royal Caribbean ink port deal

The St Lucia government Tuesday signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with the United States-based Royal Caribbean International to develop Port Castries into a cruise-ship destination in the southern Caribbean. The Saint Lucia Air and Sea Port…

November 17, 2011