The Air­port Au­thor­i­ty says they are pre­pared for the re­open­ing of Trinidad and To­ba­go In­ter­na­tion­al Bor­ders on Ju­ly 17th. The Au­thor­i­ty says they have im­ple­ment­ed en­hanced safe­ty mea­sures through­out the ter­mi­nal build­ing to en­sure the safe­ty of pas­sen­gers, em­ploy­ees and air­port users.
To­day Min­is­ter of En­er­gy Stu­art Young and Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port Ro­han Sinanan vis­it­ed the Air­port to ad­dress stake­hold­ers and view the en­hanced pro­to­cols and pas­sen­ger jour­ney process­es. The fol­low­ing is a press re­lease from the Air­port Au­thor­i­ty:

On Fri­day 2nd Ju­ly, 2021, the Ho­n­ourable Stu­art Young, Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries and Min­is­ter in the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, along with Sen­a­tor the Ho­n­ourable Ro­han Sinanan, Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port, vis­it­ed the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port to ad­dress stake­hold­ers and view the en­hanced pro­to­cols and pas­sen­ger jour­ney process­es which have been im­ple­ment­ed in prepa­ra­tion for the re­open­ing of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­ter­na­tion­al bor­ders on 17th Ju­ly, 2021.

Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the air­lines op­er­at­ing at Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, ground han­dling agen­cies, Cus­toms and Ex­cise Di­vi­sion, the Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion, Port Health, Trinidad and To­ba­go Civ­il Avi­a­tion Au­thor­i­ty (TTCAA), the Air­ports Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (“the Au­thor­i­ty”) and oth­er agen­cies were in at­ten­dance at the air­port tour.

All stake­hold­ers have been work­ing to­geth­er with the Au­thor­i­ty, un­der the guid­ance of the Min­istry of Health and the Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go, to pre­pare for the re­open­ing of the bor­ders. The Au­thor­i­ty has im­ple­ment­ed en­hanced safe­ty mea­sures through­out the ter­mi­nal build­ing to en­sure the safe­ty of pas­sen­gers, em­ploy­ees and air­port users.

The Min­is­ters had the op­por­tu­ni­ty to walk through the de­par­tures and ar­rivals process­es at the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, to ex­pe­ri­ence the pas­sen­ger jour­ney and sys­tems that have been im­ple­ment­ed for the safe­ty of air­port users. Mr Hay­den New­ton, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of the Au­thor­i­ty, as­sured that the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port stands ready for the re­open­ing of the in­ter­na­tion­al bor­ders.

The Au­thor­i­ty con­tin­ues to col­lab­o­rate with all stake­hold­ers to en­sure that we mit­i­gate the risk of the spread of Covid-19 at our air­port fa­cil­i­ties. We hope to in­spire con­fi­dence in our safe­ty sys­tems, so that pas­sen­gers feel com­fort­able to trav­el once again. The safe­ty of all air­port users is top pri­or­i­ty