Special Ribbon Cutting Celebration at New York’s JFK Airport and Welcome Celebration in Grenada
MIAMI – Air Jamaica is celebrating 10 years of service to Grenada, and marked this important milestone with festivities in both New York and Grenada on yesterday and Tuesday.
Air Jamaica representatives, along with Grenada’s Consul General Hon. Derrick James, kicked off the celebration with a gate-side ribbon cutting ceremony last night at New York’s JFK Airport, Terminal 4, just before the anniversary flight departed for Grenada.
“The New York/Grenada route continues to be very important to the airline, and we are confident that travelers will continue to choose Air Jamaica as their preferred carrier to the Spice Island,” said William Rodgers, Air Jamaica’s Senior Director, Government & Community Affairs. “We are proud to celebrate our relationship with the Government and the people of Grenada, and look forward to another 10 years serving the destination.”
Air Jamaica’s Manager, Community & Special Market Sales, N. E. Ann Marie Francis and Grenada’s Consul General Hon. Derrick James were on hand to officially mark this milestone as passengers and guests of Air Jamaica enjoyed celebratory cake and refreshments on departure from New York, special raffle drawings during flight and a welcome ceremony upon landing in Grenada.
Passengers on the return flight from Grenada to New York also enjoyed airport festivities before departing Grenada, and in-flight drawings as the celebration continued back to New York.
Air Jamaica currently flies between New York and Grenada on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The airline will add a Friday flight beginning June 26, and starting July 13 the airline adds a Monday flight, for a total of 4 weekly flights through the summer travel season.
– Ann Marie Francis, Air Jamaica’s Manager, Community & Special Market Sales, NE and Grenada’s Consul General Hon. Derrick James cut
the ribbon at JFK’s Terminal 4 prior to the departure of the special anniversary flight to Grenada. Captain Miguel Acevedo (4th left); Troye Davis, Flight Attendant (left); Marcia Smith, Route Operations Supervisor along with Campbell Rudder, Air Jamaica’s Regional Sales Manager, NE USA (right) and Movia Howell, Account Executive (2nd right) look on.
CELEBRATING A MILESTONE – Captain Miguel Acevedo (2nd left) and members of his crew pose with officials and Air Jamaica Executives ahead of the special anniversary flight to Grenada. Sharing in the occasion were: Hon. Derrick James, Grenada’s Consul General to New York (5th right); Michael Mitchell, Minister Counsellor (right); Campbell Rudder, Air Jamaica’s Regional Sales Manager, NE USA (in back); Ann Marie Francis, Air Jamaica’s Manager, Community & Special Market Sales, NE (6th left) and to her right Carlton Thomas, Air Jamaica’s Airport Manager, JFK.
SPICE UP THE CELEBRATIONS – Grenada’s Consul General to New York Hon. Derrick James (4th left) prepares to embrace Ann Marie Francis, Air Jamaica’s Manager following the cake cutting celebrating 10 years of service to Grenada at New York’s JFK Airport, Terminal 4, on May 26. Also participating, from left to right: Captain Miguel Acevedo; Campbell Rudder, Air Jamaica’s Regional Sales Manager, NE USA; Marcia Smith, Route Operations Supervisor; Consul General Derrick James; Ann Marie Francis, Air Jamaica’s Community & Special Market Sales, NE; Carlton Thomas, Air Jamaica’s Airport Manager, JFK and Derril Mitchell, Air Jamaica’s Co-ordinator Community & Special Market Sales, NE. Passengers of the special anniversary flight shared in the cake and light refreshments and received special tokens commemorating the milestone.
