International air trade statistics recently released by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed another year of growth at Miami International Airport, America’s number one airport for international freight.

Virgin has secured most of the US$1.7 billion funding needed to launch Virgin Cruise, some of which has come from investors in the Arabian Gulf. The capital will be used to build a cruise fleet from scratch to work in the Caribbean and Mediterranean markets and will be headquartered in Miami.

A travel tax specialist has suggested the reforms to air passenger duty announced by the Chancellor George Osborne yesterday could lead to debate on some of the other distortions caused by the tax.

Curacao Airport Holding (CAH), together with the Curacao Tourism Bureau (CTB) and the Curacao Hospitality and Tourism Association (CHATA), believes that the government should help Insel Air with their dire financial situation.

BVI Airways has closed on the sale of the airline to a New York-based merchant bank, a move that significantly bolsters the carrier’s capital base in advance of proposed fleet and route expansion throughout the Eastern Caribbean.