The beleaguered Air Jamaica has informed 300 of its employees that they will be laid off following a 120-day period of leave without pay.  The Montego Bay & Kingston ground workers join some pilots and administrative personnel in the lay offs. 

Air Jamaica continues to downsize to almost nothing.  The airline is restructuring after failing to [...]

The sale of beleaguered Air Jamaica, the government owned state run airline of the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica, is still waiting for a decision from the government.  A couple of months ago, Spirit Airlines and Caribbean Airlines made proposals to acquire Air Jamaica and those proposals have been reviewed for many weeks.

A delay by [...]

After what may have been a bidding war with Trinidad-owned Caribbean Airlines, Spirit Airlines will be the new owner of money-losing Air Jamaica.  Air Jamaica has lost an average of $140 million annually and continues to shrink in size and operations under the control of the Jamaican government. 

The report I read says that ultra low-cost [...]