KINGSTON, Jamaica – Seven years after Jamaica started courting the eastern Europeans, the first Russian carrier Transaero arrived on the island yesterday. The flight, a boost to the winter tourist season, landed at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, with 320 passengers aboard from Moscow, Russia. In a welcome ceremony at the airport, Minister of Tourism and Entertainment Dr Wykeham McNeill reiterated the importance of airlift to the survival of the island's tourist industry.
