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In November 2011, the OECD removed Trinidad and Tobago from its list of Developing Countries. [3] Trinidad's economy is strongly influenced by the petroleum industry. Tourism and manufacturing are also important to the local economy. Tourism is a growing sector, although not as proportionately important as in many other Caribbean islands.
On 19 May 2011 the airport was renamed after the Tobago-born third President and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, A. N. R. Robinson. [3] In 2011 according to Trinidad Express Tobago has recorded a 60% decrease in tourist arrivals, calling into question the practicality of the government's plan to further expand the airport. [4]
This is a list of airlines which have an air operator's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation ... Trinidad and Tobago Air Services: HU: 1974: 1980: Merged with ...
Camden Base is a small airstrip in Couva, Trinidad. Crop dusting aircraft use this airstrip; drag racing also takes place on the airstrip. The Camden (Field) Auxiliary Air Base was established in 1942 as an emergency airstrip.
An MK Airlines Douglas DC-8 shortly after take-off at Prague Airport in 2004 The airline was founded by Michael C. Kruger as MK Air Cargo d'Or in 1990 [ 1 ] ( MK stands for its founder's initials). Headquartered and registered in Ghana , a network of cargo flights with hubs at Kotoka International Airport and Gatwick Airport was set up, which ...
The tower at the new terminal building is used for ramp control and runway movement control. A new nine-story control tower was opened in 2011. The new North Terminal consists of 35,964 m 2 (387,110 sq ft) of building with 14 second-level aircraft gates for international flights and 2 ground-level domestic gates.
MK Airlines Flight 1602 was an MK Airlines Boeing 747-200F cargo flight on a flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Zaragoza Airport, Spain. It crashed on take-off in 2004, killing the crew of 7. It was the fourth accident for MK Airlines, as well as the deadliest. [1]
The company, the Trinidad-Tesoro Petroleum Company Ltd, was a partner in a joint venture with Tesoro Corporation, and was formed to acquire the assets of British Petroleum as it exited operations in the Caribbean. (The government bought out Tesoro in 1985, and changed the name of the company to Trinidad and Tobago Petroleum Company Ltd ...