BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) reopened on Wednesday after the authorities said a faulty runway edge lights circuit had closed the main runway on Tuesday evening.
“We reopened, and the British Airways flight parked on the ground departed Barbados sometime after 9.00 this morning. The American Airlines flight that didn’t leave Miami is on its way to Barbados. The Virgin Atlantic flight, due from London, went to Antigua, and it’s coming in this afternoon and then to pick up passengers and to go the UK,” Tourism and International Transport Minister, Ian Gooding-Edghill, told reporters.
Gooding-Edghill said that the situation had affected several incoming and outgoing flights at the airport but that the authorities had been able to ensure the departures of Air Canada (AC 963) and British Airways (BA 254) flights “safely.”
Gooding-Edghill said the electrical team at the airport is assessing the situation to see where the fault occurred. As a result, the Civil Aviation Department issued a NOTAM (notice to airmen) to alert the airlines and air operators of the issue and advise them of the runway closure.
Several flights have been affected, including those from Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. The Gooding-Edghill said the “electrical teams on the ground are working assiduously to assess and repair the damage.”
He said a report would be issued on Wednesday morning, acknowledging that “this interruption will impact international travelers and Barbadians using the airport.
He said, however, that the airport will reopen on Wednesday at 6.06 am (local time “to inbound and departing flights.”
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