New posting times for Air Mail

Airport Post Office staff members work to dispatch air mail to meet the new 9 a.m. deadline.

Published 12th January 2007, 3:21pm

For many years 10 a.m. has been the deadline for same-day dispatch for Air Mail. However, effective immediately, the Cayman Islands Postal Service regrets to announce that it has had to change the time to 9 a.m. to meet both flight schedules and Cayman Islands Civil Aviation Authority requirements. Local mail next-day-delivery time remains at 10 a.m.

For future mail service to be effective if your mail must leave Grand Cayman on the same day you post it, you will have to drop to it off at the Airport Post Office by 9 a.m. Air Mail posted at the district post offices, including the General Post Office, after that time will be dispatched overseas the next day. This affects all Air Mail going overseas. EMS and Registered Mail close at 8.30 am. Please be advised that airline flight schedules do not allow for the dispatch of mail to the United Kingdom or the Bahamas on Mondays and Thursdays; to Jamaica on Mondays and Fridays; or to Barbados or Trinidad on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is also no dispatch of mail to the Sister Islands on Saturdays because mail is not screened on Saturday.

“Since September 11, 2002, all mail has to be screened, which requires that the CAA receive it by 11 a.m.,” explains Deputy Postmaster General for Operations Anthony Williams.

“The Postal Service is making every effort to provide efficient and effective service, and to maintain our services we have had to change the posting times,” he said.

**Deadline for Same-Day Dispatch for Air Mail**
Destination	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
United States	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
All Countries Not Listed	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
United Kingdom		9:00	9:00		9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Canada	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Bahamas		9:00	9:00		9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Jamaica		3:30	3:30	3:30		11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Cayman Brac	12:00 3:00	12:00 3:00	12:00 3:00	3:00	3:00
Little Cayman	3:30	3:30	3:30	3:30	3:30
BARBADOS	9:00		9:00		9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
TRINIDAD	9:00		9:00		9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}

^{REGISTERED MAIL CLOSES 30 MINUTES EARLIER.}

**Latest time of Posting - District Post Offices for Air Mail**
Destination	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
United States	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
All Countries Not Listed	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
United Kingdom		1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	2:00 ^{For dispatch next day}		5:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Canada	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Bahamas		1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	2:00 ^{For dispatch next day}		5:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Jamaica		1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}		11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Cayman Brac	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	3:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Little Cayman	3:30	3:30	3:30	1:00 ^{For dispatch next day}	3:30
Barbados	9:00		9:00		9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}
Trinidad	9:00		9:00		9:00	11:00 ^{Dispatch on Monday}

^{REGISTERED MAIL CLOSES 30 MINUTES EARLIER.}

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