During this fiscal year, the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) Limited will be attempting to attract investors to build an additional 70,000 square feet of cargo-handling space for commercial clients under a build-own-operate arrangement.

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, said that this initiative would be undertaken even as the privatisation process continued at the NMIA.

Commenting on the upgrading of aerodromes, Henry said that the AAJ had embarked on a programme to upgrade designated facilities to international port of entry status, as part of the overall multi-modal transport policy being unfolded nationally.

Construction work is ongoing at the Boscobel Aerodrome in St Mary to extend the runway by approximately 1,800 feet, and to upgrade the terminal and airside infrastructure.

The Ken Jones Aerodrome in Portland and the Negril Aerodrome in Westmoreland are also to be refurbished, while the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in St Andrew is to be relocated to the Caymanas area.