Following the announcement
earlier this year by the Cayman Islands Airport Authority (CIAA) that
the runway at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) would be
closed from late Monday night through early Wednesday morning
throughout the months of September and October, Cayman Airways, along
with all other airlines operating flights out of ORIA, were required
to cancel Tuesday flights and make other schedule modifications.
Passengers on the affected flights were rebooked on alternate dates,
or airfares were refunded.

On
August 14, 2019, three weeks before this weekly closure was to
commence, the CIAA advised that the ORIA runway would no longer be
temporarily closed during September and October. As a result of the
closure cancellation, Cayman Airways re-introduced as many Tuesday
flights to its fall schedule as possible. However, with the short
time window between the closure cancellation and the affected Tuesday
flights, not all flights were able to be re-added and some have had
to be operated at different times. Tuesday flights to Miami and
Jamaica have been added, along with securing domestic service between
Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.

“Coming out of the effort
to change our schedule and accommodate those passengers who had
booked travel on Tuesdays, there are now some challenges in trying to
re-introduce flights with a limited booking window,” explained Paul
Tibbetts, Executive Vice President of Finance and Commercial Affairs.
“Seats on flights are generally sold across a long span of time,
generally up to a year. With weeks instead of months to sell, we are
therefore cognizant of the fact that many of the re-introduced
Tuesday flights will likely go out with light loads. However, we are
mindful that for the next two months, Cayman Airways will provide the
only connection between the Cayman Islands and the rest of the world
on Tuesdays, once again underlying the Airline’s importance to our
islands.”

Passengers
wishing to travel on Tuesdays during September and October can visit
www.caymanairways.com, call Cayman Airways Reservations at
345-949-2311, or contact your local travel agent.