Long lines at V.C Bird International Airport
Travellers at V.C. Bird International Airport experienced long delays and frustration on Monday after a key baggage carousel became inoperable, causing a backlog of departing passengers waiting to drop off their luggage after being checked in.
Long lines at V.C Bird International Airport
Passengers reported that the main carousel at the airport was down, forcing bag handlers to carry their bags.
Long lines at V.C Bird International Airport
The malfunction led to extended wait times at the departure area, with travellers standing in long lines to drop off their bags.
Long lines at V.C Bird International Airport
The Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority (ABAA) confirmed that technicians were on site working to repair the faulty carousel.
My oh my! Record visitors without the infrastructure to ease their journey. The sad thing is, it is not new as when I was there in July it broke down also. A sad reflection of those who run the airport.
Come on now… this should be fixed as priority. Thousands coming through this week.
SABOTAGE!!!!!!!
Pitiful.
It’s more than a year the carousel is down,
Can Antiguans run anything?
That is something else….
Installation followed by frequent inspection and maintenance. You can’t just install or build something without inspecting and servicing it.
Thus is quite coincidental. First the boardwalk at the seaport, now its the baggage carousel at the airport. What’s next, Falmouth and English Harbour? So who says it’s sabotage? Too many positives in tourism and Global Ports coming on quite nicely now.
Same time, too many bad minded , jealous, haters of country and by extension themselves are on the loose. Set them up and then lock them up.
Now that you mention it…. all this could indeed be in retaliation for the Old Road situation. If that’s the case, then I say investigate and lock up any and every body involved. You can’t keep sabotaging an entire country’s economic welfare to satisfy your petty political grievances. Burning infrastructure hurt all Antiguans and if the boardwalk and subsequently the damaged baggage machine were indeed political get back, then heads should fking roll.
Carousel has been like that for years…it’s not a recent problem. You all are only just hearing about it now. That’s all. The last home porting season, the same issue was there. So no I highly doubt it’s sabotage *now*. Since the airport was built. It’s only now really causing an issue because of the increase in the number of tourists we are now experiencing.
Carousel has been like that for years…it’s not a recent problem. You all are only just hearing about it now. That’s all. The last home porting season, the same issue was there. So no I highly doubt it’s sabotage *now*. Since the airport was built. It’s only now really causing an issue because of the increase in the number of tourists we are now experiencing.
Carousel has been like that for years…it’s not a recent problem. You all are only just hearing about it now. That’s all. The last home porting season, the same issue was there. So no I highly doubt it’s sabotage *now*. Since the airport was built. It’s only now really causing an issue because of the increase in the number of tourists we are now experiencing.
Tourist season and this is the welcome? Not a good look for Antigua.
Maintenance must be ongoing not wait until crisis
We begging for world-class tourism but luggage carousel can’t even spin
Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority must initiate a preventative maintenance system. It would have solved many of the current issues plaguing the airport. The issues with the runway, taxiways, aprons, baggage carousels, seating areas and water availability and most importantly, the RADAR. Remember that ABAA is a Statutory Corporation, so government involvement is, or should be, minimal. Obviously, they need to choose knowledgeable people with aviation operation expertise to get the job done and that has been our lingering problem since ABAAs incorporation in 2007.
Carousel has been like that for years…it’s not a recent problem. You all are only just hearing about it now. That’s all. The last home porting season, the same issue was there. So no I highly doubt it’s sabotage *now*. Since the airport was built. It’s only now really causing an issue because of the increase in the number of tourists we are now experiencing.⅞
Nothing new. It happens in the biggest of airports
After a long flight, this is the last thing people want to deal with. Standing around tired, hot, and confused isn’t a good first impression
Hope airport management has a plan, because this is peak travel time
People do realize that these things are man made!? Things happen. Maintenance problem happen in every business. I’m sure Antigua.news has maintenance problem they don’t write about! We do face issues!
I must say thank you to the guys who dealt with these bags!! I stood and watch them working so hard!!