At Grantley Adams International Airport, we aim to provide the best services possible for you. Our services include but are not limited to ATMs, ambulance centres, and convenient charging stations. Below you will find a list of all our services.
For our arriving or departing passengers, airport users and staff, there is an Ambulance Centre which operates from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily in the public area of the Departures Terminal. Contact your airline representative or the GAIA Inc. Duty Manager at 1-246-536-1336 should the need arise. Please note that there may be a charge for using these services.
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are located throughout the departures terminal in the public area and after the security checkpoint in the retail shopping mall. Only Barbados currency is dispensed. The ATMs take Mastercard, Visa, Discover and American Express.
Yes, strict and enforced regulations exist on certain items that prohibit them from being brought into the island. Attempting to bring these items into the country is against the law and may attract penalties. Please take note to observe that in addition to airline and air travel regulations and follow these guidelines below:
Duty-Free
Travellers into the island can bring a limited number of items free of standard customs duty charges. For residents, this allowance is a yearly value of at most $500 bds. Please note that tobacco products are no longer allowed duty-free.
Each individual over 18 years of age is allowed duty-free:
- 1 litre of spirits and 1 litre of wine.
- 60 ml of perfume and 300 ml of all other scents.
- Gifts up to a value of BDS $100
Prohibited Imports
These items are prohibited and may not be brought into the island:
- Foreign rum and matches
- Pornography
- Fresh fruit and vegetables (unless grown in or conveyed through certain areas, and with requisite permission. Contact the Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs for further information)
- Articles made of camouflage material.
You must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs to import meat and meat products.
Restricted Items
You are encouraged to carry the very minimum of hand baggage, ensure you arrive early at the airport, and allow plenty of time for security screening.
There are some items you’re not allowed to take on your aircraft in either your hand baggage or your hold luggage, which are listed below.
Things you’re never allowed to take onboard:
- flammable liquids and solids
- oxidisers such as bleaching powders
- organic peroxides
- tear gas devices or any gas cylinders
- infectious substances such as live virus materials
- wet-cell car batteries
- magnetrons
- instruments containing mercury
- instruments containing magnets
- fireworks
- non-safety matches
- firelighters, lighter fuel, paints, thinners
- poisons, arsenic, cyanide, weed-killer
- radioactive materials, acids, corrosives, alkalis, caustic soda
- creosote, quicklime, oiled paper
- vehicle fuel system parts which have contained fuel
There are currently five ground handling companies at Grantley Adams International Airport.
Caribbean Aircraft Handling Co Ltd
Contact – General Manager
info@caribairways.com
Telephone: +1 246 428 1950
Fax: +1 246 428 1652
E-mail: caribjet@sunbeach.net
Website: www.caribairways.com
GCG Ground Services (Barbados) Ltd.
Website: www.GCGGroup.com
Private Aircraft Services Inc.
Telephone: +1 246 420 2833
Fax: + 1 246 420 2834
E-mail: pas-bb@caribsurf.com
Fields Air Services and Transport
Tel: + 1 246 253 8098
E-mail: gerryfields100@hotmail.com
International Aircraft Management (IAM)
Operator of IAM Jet Centre
Tel: +1 246 428 1704
Fax: +1 246 428 1686
E-mail: aviation@iamcaribbean.com
At Grantley Adams International Airport we have two “Meet and Greet” concessions located in the Arrivals terminal pre-immigration that provide fast-track services at Immigration and Customs. The two entities, Five Star Fast Track and Caribbean International Airways Limited can be contacted for further information using the information below.
Caribbean International Airways Limited
Arrivals and Departures:- Meet and Greet
Tel: 246-428-1950 / 246-428-0994
Fax: 246-428-1652
Email: meetandgreet@caribairways.com
Platinum Services Ltd.
Tel: 246-418-6638
Five Star Fast Track
Website: www.fivestarfasttrack.com
Meet and Greet Trading name: Five Star Fast Track
Tel: 246-421-6777
Fax: 246-421-6330
Email: reservations@fivestarfasttrack.com
Civil Aviation Department Click here for Civil Aviation website
Charnocks Christ Church Tel: (1 246) 535-0001
Environmental and Port Health
Located in the Arrivals Terminal Tel: (1 246) 536-3499
Direct Line for Ramp Office: (1 246) 536-3495
Ministry of Agriculture (Plant and Animal Quarantine)
Located in the Arrivals Terminal Tel: ( 1 246) 535-5260 / (1 246) 535-5261
Meteorological Office Click here for met office website
Charnocks Christ Church Tel: (1 246) 535-0021 / (1 246) 535-0022
Airport Police Station
Tel: (1 246) 418-2649
Grantley Adams International Airport Inc provides paid parking.
We’ve recently upgraded our parking area, learn more about it here:
At GAIA, our airport porters are easily distinguished by their red caps, and that is why we call them – that’s right – Red Caps. They stand ready to assist you in your arrivals and departures, ensuring your luggage is ably conveyed.
The Red Cap porters are available in the public area to take your luggage from curbside to the check-in counters for departing passengers. If you’re arriving, you can use one of the porters in the baggage reclaim hall who will take your luggage out to the public area.
The service cost is $2.00 BDS per bag for each passenger.
The post office is in the public area of the Departures Terminal. Passengers and visitors to GAIA can mail letters and packages and purchase stamps or packaging materials. The opening hours are Mondays 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and Tuesdays to Fridays 8:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Post office boxes are conveniently located in the Departures check-in area and Departure Lounge (seating area) near Gate 12.
Please note that, as in other jurisdictions, the post is subject to security screening and may be inspected by customs.
If you require assistance to or from your flight, your airline can provide a wheelchair. It is recommended that you request this service in advance, but it is also possible to do so at the ticket counter during check-in.