Passengers are shown stranded in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on May 12, 2022. The air traffic control center in Kingston controls operations for all three international airports in Jamaica: Sangster, Manley and Ian Fleming International Airport in Ocho Rios.ĬNN Travel reached out to the JCAA for comment via email and phone on Thursday afternoon but had not received a reply as of 8 p.m. The JCAA then decided to suspend air traffic services and flights, Hislop said. Sharon Hislop, manager of commercial development and marketing at Sangster, told CNN that the airport was notified Thursday morning that the air traffic control center in Kingston didn’t have enough support for air traffic because of “limited staffing.” Manley showed one arrival, British Airways Flight BA2263 at 4:43 p.m. Since that time, Sangster showed one departure, Delta Flight DL1987 at 5:07 p.m. “The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) wishes to advise the public that, as dialogue progresses between the Authority and its key stakeholders, particularly the Jamaica Air Traffic Controllers Association (JATCA), air traffic services are currently being restored,” the release said. Robert Nesta Morgan, minister without portfolio with responsibility for information in the Office of the Prime Minister, posted a news release on his Twitter account confirming that flights were resuming. Kurt Solomon, president of Jamaica Air Traffic Controllers Association, told CNN that flights were resuming as of 5 p.m. Arrivals started being canceled around 11:30 a.m., and departures were canceled starting at 12:19 p.m. It was a similar story at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, the capital city. The departures board also starting posting cancellations around 10:30 a.m.Īmerican, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and United flights were canceled, among others. The airport’s arrivals board started showing cancellations around 9:30 a.m. MBJ Airports Limited, the operator of Sangster International Airport near the popular resort destination of Montego Bay, confirmed in a news release to CNN that flights were canceled on Thursday morning “due to the suspension of air traffic services.” Air traffic control came to a stop for parts of Thursday morning and afternoon in Jamaica, forcing flight cancellations and leaving thousands of frustrated passengers stranded there or unable to reach the Caribbean island.
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