By Journal on February 16, 2024
Amata Kabua International Airport, Chewy Lin, Claret Chong Gum, Isaac Zackhras, Miss Marshall Islands, Nauru Airlines, Paul Wilson, Steve CC Hsia
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![Australian Ambassador Paul Wilson, left, Vice Speaker Isaac Zackhras, second left, and Taiwan Ambassador Steve CC Hsia, center, were among the lineup of VIPs on hand to welcome Miss Marshall Islands Claret Chong Gum last Friday. Photo: Chewy Lin. Claret’s triumphant return](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Fl-Miss-Marshall-VIPs-2-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
Miss Marshall Islands Claret Chong Gum returned to Majuro last Friday to much fanfare and an exuberant greeting. First, Amata Kabua International Airport firefighters gave the Nauru Airlines plane a water cannon honor. This was followed by diplomats, relatives and friends waiting to greet her on the tarmac outside the VIP lounge at the airport. […]
By Journal on October 19, 2023
Amata Kabua International Airport, coconut trees, Ļojemwā weto, Ministry of Natural Resources and Commerce, pandanus trees, PII, Rhino beetle
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![Some of the confiscated rhinoceros beetles and larvae in the NRC office in Majuro. Rhino beetle takes root](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rhino-10-20.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
After spotting and destroying one coconut rhinoceros beetle at Amata Kabua International Airport in September, RMI government authorities identified an infestation of these coconut-destroying beetles at Ļojemwā weto, Ajeltake — the area just past the PII rock crushing location. A team from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Commerce was dispatched to further investigate the […]
By Journal on January 26, 2023
2035, Amata Kabua International Airport, climate change, education, employment, Eve Burns, flood, health, High tide, Kwajalein, Peace Park, reservoir, Roi-Namur Island, Traffic, US Geological Survey
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![A child peers out of his vehicle at the lagoon salt water flooding onto the main road by the airport reservoirs during Monday’s high tide. Photo: Eve Burns. Tide floods airport roads](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/climate-change-airport-1-27-23.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
EVE BURNS Have you ever had to drive through a flooded road to get home? On Monday and Tuesday, people from the west side of Majuro had to navigate waves crashing across airport lagoon seawalls and barriers, and water and every kind of debris flooding onto the roads from the reservoir to the Peace Park. […]
By Journal on October 20, 2022
Amata Kabua International Airport, Australian government, Brek Batley, Christine Batley, Covid, Investment and Tourism, Miss Marshall Islands contestants, Nauru, Nauru Airlines, Pohnpei, Tarawa, The Office of Commerce
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![The welcoming committee was out in force October 16 for the arrival of the first Nauru Airlines flight after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus due to the Covid border closure. The Australian Embassy and the Office of Commerce, Investment and Tourism and the Australian Embassy — including a large group of Miss Marshall Islands contestants — were at Amata Kabua International Airport for the first flight that is linking Brisbane with Nauru, Tarawa, Majuro and Pohnpei. Nauru Airlines resumes flights](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nauru-air-10-21-22-1.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
“It feels so good to be connected again.” This was the sentiment at Majuro airport on Sunday evening as the first regular flight from Brisbane arrived following opening of the borders last month. Passengers landed with big smiles as they were greeted with warm Marshallese hospitality. In partnership with Nauru Airlines, the Australian government is […]
By Journal on April 7, 2022
Amata Kabua International Airport, Giff Johnson, Larry Hernandez, Melvin Dacillo, United Airlines
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![This file photo of a familiar scene of passengers boarding a United Airlines flight at Amata Kabua International Airport has not been seen since mid-January, when United suspended in and out-bound passengers from Majuro due to unsafe conditions in the airport terminal. This could change as early as April 11 now that the terminal renovation is completed. Photo: Giff Johnson. Airport set to reopen](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/united-4-8.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Last weekend’s completion of renovation work at Amata Kabua International Airport’s main terminal has paved the way for resumption of air service by United Airlines in the near future, according to RMI Ports Authority. Tentative plans were in motion this week for passenger service to resume next week April 11. Passenger pickup and […]
By Journal on January 27, 2022
AKIA CAFE, Amata Kabua International Airport, Bank of Marshall Islands, Daniel Kramer, Dexter Jikit, Giff Johnson, Hangar Bar, Larry Hernandez, RMI Ports Authority, Suspension, United Airlines
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![Angeline Heine-Reimers snapped this photo from her seat on last Tuesday’s United Island Hopper flight as it moved away from the Majuro airport terminal with its Marshallese repatriation group to the friendly goodbye of the United staff on the ground. Ports in overdrive for airport fix](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/UA-staff-1-28.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Major changes are ongoing at Amata Kabua International Airport in the wake of United Airlines’ suspension of air service to the capital beginning last week Wednesday. But even with the emergency action that is moving with unprecedented speed, it appears that it could be March at the earliest that passenger service can be […]
By Journal on January 21, 2022
Amata Kabua International Airport, Daniel Kramer, Giff Johnson, Junior Aini, Kino Kabua, Larry Hernandez, Salome Andrike, Thomas Maddison, Tonga, United Airline
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![The main terminal at Amata Kabua International Airport, the roof of which a February 2020 engineering evaluation determined was at “high risk” of collapse. Photo: Giff Johnson. United flights to Majuro halted](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/akia-1-21.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON A once in one thousand year natural disaster in Tonga last weekend broke its submarine fiber cable in two places, severing Tonga’s communication links to the outside world. Majuro, this week, also experienced a severing of links to the outside world in a different way. A man-made disaster in the form of lack […]
By Journal on December 9, 2021
Amata Kabua International Airport, Chewy Lin, Dr. Murray Ford, Ebeye, Federated States of Micronesia, Giff Johnson, Hilary Hosia, Majuro, Sea Level Rise
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![Ocean and lagoon water flooded the lowest lying areas for three straight days throughout the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia this past weekend and Monday Tides flooding hits RMI, FSM](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/climate12-9.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON Ocean and lagoon water flooded the lowest lying areas for three straight days throughout the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia this past weekend and Monday, causing sparse damage but requiring big cleanups in their wake. The road by Amata Kabua International Airport in Majuro was halted periodically by incoming waves […]
By Journal on December 2, 2021
AKIA, Amata Kabua International Airport, Eve Burns, RMI Ports Authority, United Airlines
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![United Airlines staff were forced to vacate their main office at Amata Kabua International Airport this week due to safety concerns with the deteriorating office facility. It is located directly behind his check-in area at the airport. Photo: Eve Burns. United forced out of airport office](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/united-12-3.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON RMI Ports Authority continues to be beset with problems. The latest? United Airlines moved out of its office in the main terminal of Amata Kabua International Airport earlier this week after it was determined the facility was unsafe for UA workers. Last week, a United worker reportedly “fell through the floor” on the […]
By Journal on August 6, 2020
Aaron Langinlur, Amata Kabua International Airport, EPA, Louie Sailas, Moriana Phillips, Paul Paul
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![In the photo, RMI EPA’s Aaron Langinlur and Paul Paul are spraying disinfectant on dry cargo coming into RMI by plane at Amata Kabua International Airport in Majuro. Photo: Louie Sailas. Can you spray that again?](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/covidmail.gif?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
At the direction of the Chief Secretary and National Disaster Committee, the RMI EPA organized a vector team to decontaminate incoming cargo. All the mail that enters the RMI is subject to decontamination by the EPA vector team, said EPA General Manager Moriana Phillip. Mail arrives on pallets that teams spray. Then this large volume […]