Business View Caribbean | Jan 2019

48 were able to successfully turn Providenciales International around from a loss-making entity in 2007–basically, losing over $3 million per year – to a position where we now generate some $37 million per year. On the air side, the runway was completely rehabilitated and extended from 7,600 feet to 9,200 feet – as a result, we have the critical Boeing 777 British Airways aircraft operating into the territory. “Another thing we’re proud of is a substantial increase in passenger numbers.Working in collaboration with the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association and the Turks and Caicos Tourist Board in our quest and success in attracting new carriers and new routes, such as Southwest, Jet Blue, and United, we’ve moved from having low connectivity to a much broader- based connectivity.We have flights coming in from New York (JFK and Newark), Miami, Charlotte, NC, and Dallas, as well as the opening of a direct flight into the Eastern Caribbean– British Airways now operates a 777 twice weekly on Sunday and Thursday into Antigua. That was significant because, until then, we had no direct flights into that region. And we have another start up of a new route - an American Airlines direct flight from Chicago. “One of the stresses we have at the moment, though, because the extent of our growth has exceeded our forecast, we’re now in the process TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS AIRPORTS AUTHORITY