✈️ New Ground Coordination Service at Princess Juliana Airport
VirtualFBO.sx announced on September 30, 2026, that it would provide business aircraft ground handling and operational coordination services at Princess Juliana Airport (TNCM) in Sint Maarten. The services cover assistance with slot and parking stand requests, flight monitoring, coordination with FBOs and operators, oversight of passenger and baggage handling, and connections to ground transportation and onward travel. Avi-Go data show that TNCM recorded 199 landings by business aircraft arriving from abroad between September 20 and October 6, 2026. The count includes landings where the departure airport was in a country or territory other than Sint Maarten, where TNCM is located; each qualifying landing counts as one movement. This window spans the September 30 announcement and shows observable cross-border arrival activity at the service location. The 199 landings should not be attributed to the new service.
Impact: For business aircraft operators using TNCM, the coordination activities listed by VirtualFBO.sx provide a point of contact for matters such as slot requests and passenger transfers. For VirtualFBO.sx, the 199 recorded arrivals from abroad provide a reference point for understanding local cross-border arrival activity, but the figure represents airport traffic, not the volume of services it handled.
Recommendation: Operators planning to enter through TNCM can use the published service scope to confirm with VirtualFBO.sx, item by item, who coordinates and who performs slot requests, FBO coordination, and onward transportation. A point to monitor in future operations is how responsibility for these activities is handed over during actual trips.