Barbuda Welcomes First International Flight
The newly-opened Barbuda International Airport has welcomed its first international flight, with a Gulfstream G650ER landing mid-morning Friday from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey in the United States.
This is the first time the airport has received a flight from outside of the region, and directly from the United States.
The plane is scheduled to depart mid-afternoon Friday for West Palm Beach in Florida.
This is being welcomed as a major development, some three weeks since the facility was officially commissioned on October 3 upon the completion of its first phase.
Additional phases will see the construction of a new terminal and the extension of the runway.
The airport, which is soon to be renamed the Burton-Nibbs International, is expected to turbo-charge economic activity on the sister isle.
It has already created several jobs for Barbudans, with more being trained to benefit from the island’s bourgeoning aviation sector.
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