Business View Caribbean l Feb 2023

95 96 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 seating areas and lounges, and Wi- Fi access throughout the terminal. Like most airports, the COVID pandemic impacted GAIA’s operations, at one point grounding all flights. However, as life returns to normalcy, Bourne is bullish on the airport’s ability to regain pre-pandemic visitor numbers. “Compared to 2019, we’ve recovered between seventy and seventy-five percent of our total passenger volume,” he reports. “Most of the flights we had pre-COVID have returned, especially international ones. We also added a number of carriers during the COVID period, further boosting our numbers. On a regional front, however, we have seen a drop in numbers due to the reduction in the operational capacity of the regional carrier.” GRANTLEY ADAMS INTERNAT IONAL A I RPORT