Topic: Airports Master Plan

The possibility of extending the runway at Grand Cayman's main airport to help improve airlift between the islands and Europe has come into focus once again amid recent challenges with the British Airways flight through Nassau.

Government has told Little Cayman residents who oppose the proposed relocation of their airport that upgrading the airfield at its current site by Blossom Village will be considered.

A public meeting about a proposal to extend the runway of Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport addressed questions and concerns surrounding the $28 million project.

A proposal to expand the Owen Roberts International Airport runway 2,100 feet into the North Sound is now open for public consultation.

A pipeline of $1.2 billion in infrastructure projects - including an expanded cargo port, new prison facilities and upgrades to all three airports - are expected over the next five years, according to a report by consultants KPMG.

The size of Little Cayman's Edward Bodden Airfield plays a vital role in restricting new construction on the island, in the absence of a development plan for the island, Cayman's' director of the Department of Environment has said.

The newly repopulated National Conservation Council will discuss airport-redevelopment projects at its first public meeting in eight months on Wednesday, 23 Aug.

The world's largest airline trade group has criticised the Cayman Islands Airports Authority for not consulting airlines over a plan to increase passenger fees to help pay for upcoming airport projects, including a new private jet terminal.

The government has released its Airports Master Plan, which outlines the way forward for aerodromes on all three of the Cayman Islands over the next two decades.