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“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
:
TOURISM
