Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) in St. Maarten is the third largest airport in the Caribbean, according to the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association ALTA. ALTA released its updated 2010 Latin America and Caribbean Capacity Analysis on Monday and has PJIA as third largest airport, behind only San Juan Puerto Rico (Luis Munoz Marin International Airport), and Nassau,
Bahamas (Lynden Pindling International Airport). In terms of total departing flights, San Juan moved 62,843, Nassau 28,317 and St. Maarten 25,038 in 2009. Trinidad and Tobago, the US Virgin Islands, Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Antigua and St. Barths round off the top 10 in order from 4 to 10.
The ALTA report is a comprehensive compendium of the region’s air transport statistics, including a ranking of the most important airports and city pairs in the region in terms of volume and growth.
This year’s results highlight the region’s growth despite being faced with challenges due to the world crisis.
In terms of international flights, St. Maarten ranks second. St. Maarten also ranks sixth in domestic flights in the Caribbean with 4,567 in 2009. When looking at Latin America and the Caribbean together, St. Maarten ranks eighth in departing international flights.
Excerpts from this article taken from the Daily Herald – July 27th, 2010
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