MBJ (CUTE)

completed

The proposed project is to provide new Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) and Baggage Handling and Screening (BHS) systems for Sangster International Airport (SIA), Montego Bay Jamaica. This would include electronic check-in desks, gate podiums, baggage screening equipment and related systems and would increase both the number of check-in desks available to passengers and the operational efficiency of the airport. SIA is currently operated by MBJ Airports Limited (MBJA) under a 30-year build, operate and transfer concession granted by the government of Jamaica (GOJ). As the principal gateway for tourists visiting Jamaica’s major resorts, SIA is of particular importance to the country’s tourism infrastructure. As a result, the GOJ has made its expansion and modernization a high priority. By the end of the project (and other related work already underway), SIA’s annual handling capacity will have been boosted to 7 million passengers per year, eliminating capacity constraints for the foreseeable future.