Cayman Islands Airports Authority

Business View Magazine 3 “It grew from there and it was kind of the gateway to open up our tourism industry,” Anderson said. “Tour- ism has grown exponentially from there to where we are. Today we have an airport that handles a million passengers a year. We handle 25,000 aircraft move- ments per year.” A workforce of 174 is spread across the airport in George Town and a smaller operation – Charles Kirk- connell International Airport – in Cayman Brac. The facilities not only deal with the tourism traffic, but also process nearly 3.9 million pounds of cargo annu- ally and almost a quarter-million more pounds of mail while helping to sustain a community that is heavily dependent on imported goods. The authority was established in 2004 with a mandate to manage all services and facilities at the two airports and a vision to “bring excellence to all levels of your airport experience,” Anderson said. That’s challenging, he said, given that the main air- port was constructed to handle far less traffic, a reality AT A GLANCE WHO: Cayman Islands Airports Authority WHAT: Manager of all services and facilities at Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cay- man and Charles Kirkconnell International Airport on Cayman Brac WHERE: Corporate headquarters on Grand Cayman WEBSITE : www.CaymanAirports.com