Gordon “Butch” Stewart did not live to see his dream realised, but the first major world airline will touch down in seven months’ time at Ian Fleming International Airport in St Mary, named after the famous author of the fictional James Bond spy thrillers popular with moviegoers.

American Airlines (AA) set the local tourism industry abuzz with its announcement Thursday of what Butch’s successor, his son Adam Stewart, described as “an incredible achievement” — that the airline will begin twice-weekly flights between Miami and Ocho Rios, St Ann, commencing November 5, 2022.

 

Previously known as Boscobel Aerodrome, situated in the quaint town of Oracabessa, St Mary, Ian Fleming International Airport is 15 kilometres from the scenic north coast resort town of Ocho Rios, affectionately called Ochi.

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