Air Jamaica Signs 15 Air Services Agreements

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 11:26 pm

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS), Jamaica’s Free Air Policy will get a boost from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Conference, which ended on Friday with the signing of 15 Air Services Agreement with member states at the Conference. There was praise for the International Conference on the negotiations on air services (ICAN), which took place during the International Civil Aviation Organization, and all the delegates and said the successful finalization of the air services agreements and arrangements during that period. And hosted the conference, held in Montego Bay, June 28-July 2, more than 150 delegates from 40 Member States, who participated in more than 200 meetings. More than 60 air services agreements and arrangements have been signed during the conference.

Director, Regional Bureau for International Civil Aviation Organization in Mexico City, Loretta Martin, at the end of a press conference, thanked the Government of Jamaica and the Civil Aviation Authority for hosting the meeting, and delegates from the work done. “Congratulations to all of you for the excellent work and results that we have seen this week, very intense, and I certainly congratulate you all on behalf of the Secretary-General and all the staff of the International Civil Aviation Organization,” and they are. Minister of Transport and Works Mike Henry, who had declared at the opening on June 28, speech at the final press conference, during which he stressed that the Government of Jamaica has attached great importance to the Conference.

“This evening is not just about Jamaica, it is more for each country to visit here, is more about whether you leave here satisfied that you have achieved something by being in Jamaica: This is in every country, in the exchange process of the private development of their own, you will have acknowledged that awareness of the airline and perhaps more important to educate the world, “he said. He said that Jamaica-building steps outside the multimodal transport system, in order to be the focus of global transport, all the regional carrier will stand to benefit from the expansion.