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Industry player: No one else comes close
Preclearance to open as volumes up 100%
By NEIL HARTNELL
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The Bahamas was yesterday hailed for a stroke of genius in developing Florida-based pre-clearance facilities for a private aviation market that has almost doubled in volume during recent months.
Rick Gardner, director of CST Flight Services, which provides flight co-ordination and trip support services to the private aviation industry throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, told Tribune Business that the two locations will represent an industry game changer that no other country has when they become operational in early 2021.
He explained that the initiative will open up Family Islands that presently lack designated ports of entry by enabling private pilots and their clients to clear Customs, Immigration and COVID-19 protocols while still in the US, and also reduce the cost, complexity and time associated with flying t ....

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