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UPDATE: Air Jamaica to Stop Miami to Kingston Flights

Jamaica Views Readers — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:39:35 +0000

Just a mere two months after reviving the Miami to Kingston Route Air Jamaica has decided to stop all flights by early February. Reason given is that the route is unprofitable. Air Jamaica is now a subsidiary of Caribbean Airlines after the Jamaica Government sold the majority of shares in the airline to Trinidad owned CAL.

Cayman To Relax Visa Entry To Jamaicans

Jamaica Views Readers — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:26:08 +0000

THE Cayman Islands is to relax its visa requirements for Jamaicans travelling to the British territory in January. The announcement was made Friday by Premier McKeeva Bush at the inaugural Northern Caribbean Conference on Economic Co-operation, hosted by Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) in the tiny island. “Visa exemptions will be put in place for Jamaican Nationals who hold validated US, UK or Canadian visas,” Bush said in his opening remark Click Here For More

Cleaning The Beaches

Jamaica Views Readers — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:13:36 +0000

Cleaning the Beaches

My hat goes off to the people who volunteer and to Diana McCauley chief executive from Jamaica Environment Trust who organized and mobilized to clean the beaches of Port Royal-Palisadoes in observation of International coastal Clean-up Day. It is full time for someone to recognize that what we have in Jamaica is of great value which needs to be protected. Many of us don’t realized and therefore we don’t appreciate what we have. Many people who travel know that we are blessed and therefore they tend to appreciate more of what we have value and its importance.

We have in Jamaica nice mountains, woodland, waterfalls, rivers and beaches that is lacking love and tender care therefore if more people get involve and start loving Jamaica and enjoying what we have then we will learn to appreciate the beauty of our precious Island.

Francis Buchanan

Jamaica The Beautiful

Jamaica Views Readers — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:06:04 +0000

Beautiful Island of Jamaica

Air Jamaica Deal Still On?

Jamaica Views Readers — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:19:03 +0000

The new government of Trinidad and Tobago is said to be reviewing the new Air Jamaica buy out deal. Trinidad owned Caribbean Airlines had just entered into an agreement to purchase Air Jamaica. Many Jamaicans are not happy with the deal and believe the government should have sold the airline to a Jamaican entity. Jamaica minister of Finance Audley Shaw claimed that the deal is solid and can withstand the scrutiny.

Air Jamaica on Strike

Jamaica Views Readers — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:18:51 +0000

MORE BAD NEWS ON AIR JAMAICA. With just 2 days to go before the handing over of Air Jamaica to Caribbean Airlines the Air Jamaica employees are on strike. Reports are that over 1600 workers are to be made redundant on sale day Friday April 30. National Workers Union VP Granville Valentine announces that all categories of workers will be on strike, from ramp attendants to pilots. The government is supposed to give details on the sale of Air J today.

Air Jamaica Gone on Friday

Jamaica Views Readers — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:27:58 +0000

Bye, bye love Bird

The Jamaica Cabinet has given approval for the divestment of Air Jamaica to Caribbean Airlines effective Friday (April 30). Air Jamaica profitable routes will be sold out to Trinidad owned Caribbean Airlines. Many Jamaicans are still unhappy with the sale and still believe that the government has not done enough to try to keep the airline. We are hoping that Air Jamaica will still fly with all the amenities offered by the previous ‘Love Bird.’

Are Bounty, Beenie, Mavado Visas Cancelled?

Jamaica Views Readers — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:29:34 +0000

Words out that Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Mavado, Ricky Trooper, Adonia US visas have been cancelled. We still do not know the reasons for the cancellations but there is unrest between the US government and the Jamaican government regarding the Christopher ‘Dudus’ coke issue.

Jamaicans in N.Y. to Protest Air J Sale

Jamaica Views Readers — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:18:28 +0000

Jamaicans in New York plan to protest the sale of Air Jamaica to foreign interest. The demonstration will take place at the Jamaican Consulate 767 Third Ave, New York, New York on Thursday March 18 2010 from 5 pm to 7pm. for more information call:

For Information call:

Jose Richard 718 712 5034

Moses Henriques 718 485 9199

Neville Henry 347 330 8815

Patrick Beckford 732 801 6747

Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett is a Hypocrite

Jamaica Views Readers — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:55:16 +0000

According to an article in the Jamaica Observer, Tourism Minister, Ed Bartlett, told the media in Berlin Germany that he is feeling the ‘pain’ of the Air Jamaica Demise and its pending sale to Caribbean Airlines. He also went on to say that the routes that Caribbean Airlines will be taking over are the profitable routes because Air Jamaica has already closed down the unprofitable routes.

If that is the case why didn’t Mr. Bartlett administration did not give Air Jamaica another chance to see if running the profitable routes would take the airline out of the red? Why didn’t Mr. Bartlett give the Airline Pilot Association a chance to purchase the airline if he so believes in its future profitability?

The truth of the matter is that Mr. Bartlett and his administration is trying to amass enough cash from the sale of Air Jamaica, possible sale of Vernamfield, possible sale of Kingston Wharves, and from the IMF deal to finance the next election. With all the corruption ad non-performance of his administration they stand no chance in hell of winning, fairly, the next election in Jamaica. Stop crying crocodiles tears Mr. Bartlett.