Gov’t eyes air freight terminal outsourcing

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

THE Government is eyeing a proposal to outsource Lynden Pindling International Airport’s (LPIA) freight terminal to private sector developers and operators, it has been revealed.

Documents accompanying the 2023-2024 Budget, in an annex detailing private-public partnerships

(PPP), lay out the “justification to design, finance, build and operate a new air freight terminal”.

“The purpose of this proposal is for the Government to transfer the property consisting of the Air Freight Terminal to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) owned by the Government, and then to lease that property to JDL in order to design, finance, build and operate a new