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General Category => Airport and City Suggestions => Topic started by: Pan Am on February 08, 2019, 05:49:21 pm

Title: Barbados Grantley Adams International Airport Update
Post by: Pan Am on February 08, 2019, 05:49:21 pm
Hiya I've just got some comments on Barbados's Airport.

IATA Code: BGI
Proposed Scale: 5 - Virgin Atlantic has a daily 747 flight to Barbados. You can check VS 30 which is the daily flight from LGW to BGI. link below:
https://www.flightstats.com/v2/flight-details/VS/30?year=2019&month=2&date=8&flightId=989325168

Secondly, I'd update the population as it covers the whole island. The recorded population of Barbados which uses the airport is approximated to be 285,000.

Finally, I think Barbados need to increase its tourism bonus. The Maldives has a tourism bonus of 55 with 1.2 million incoming tourists in 2017 compared to 1 million in Barbados. Barbados also holds the highest spend per tourist in the Caribbean. I think it would be fitting proportionally to have a bonus of 45 to equal that of the Maldives. All the info is available below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Maldives
https://www.barbadostourisminvestment.com/tourism-profile/

Thanks.
Pan Am