Beckham’s Miami franchise move closer to stadium approval after referendum win
By: Nick Friend From SportsPro media Plans for Inter Miami 73-acre complex still requires approval from city commissioners Internacional de Fútbol Miami, owned by English soccer icon David Beckham, has cleared a major hurdle in its efforts to secure land…
US customs faces lawsuit over copied iPhone data
By Mallory Locklear From engadget US agents seized and copied a woman’s phone as she returned to the US. A US Muslim woman whose iPhone was taken from her by US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) is suing to have…
MIA Exhibit Mémoires Encastrées fetes Caribbean culture
This month, passengers in concourses D and E at Miami International Airport can view the latest exhibition from one of the Caribbean’s great contemporary artists with Mémoires Encastrées (Memory Windows), an exhibit by Haitian-born, Miami-based artist Edouard Duval-Carrié. “To have…
MIA to pre-clear Cayman bound passengers
From Premier Alden McLaughlin’s FB post: I attended the signing ceremony of a new arrangement with the United States today [Tue 16], which will enhance intelligence cooperation and improve the experience of passengers arriving at Owen Roberts International Airport. “This…
We’re not associated with Florida gun seizure, Caribbean Airlines says
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is today denying any association with the massive gun seizure at the Miami International Airport on November 13. A statement from the airline insisted that no contraband items were…
Cayman Islands: Statement from Foster’s Food Fair re – Hurricane Irma
Foster’s Food Fair, Ltd. (Foster’s IGA, Priced Right, and Bay Market) would like to inform our customers that, our shipment was processed and on its way, however, due to North West and Westerly sea’s they’ve been at a standstill and…
New Miami-BVI air service runs into some turbulence
Caribbean News Now From Aviation Pros July 06–ROAD TOWN, Bvi. — The recently announced direct flights operated by BVI Airways between the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport in the British Virgin Islands and Miami International Airport in Florida appear to…
New Caribbean startup BVI Airways readies for operations
By Alan Dron From Air Transport World British Virgin Islands startup BVI Airways is ready to start operations, the company said. “BVI Airways is now open for business,” the airline’s president and CEO Jerry Willoughby said. “We have already received…
First commercial flight from the US to Havana in more than 50 years lands in Cuba
From Caribbean News Now HAVANA, Cuba — An American Airlines 737 took off from Miami International Airport on Monday morning on the first regularly scheduled flight between Miami and the Cuban capital of Havana in more than half a century….
Alaska and Delta airlines approved to commence service to Havana
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — On Wednesday, Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines were both approved by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate scheduled services to Havana, Cuba. In Delta’s case this will represent a resumption…