FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- Fred Cooper, Bahamasair Northern Director with responsibility for Grand Bahama shakes hands with Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham at the Grand Bahama International Airport on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Mr. Cooper, who is one of the first employees of the nation's flag carrier, officially retires later this month. Prime Minister Ingraham was departing Freeport for Nassau following a visit to the island to attend a number of events.

Pictured from left are Adrienna Johnson, Customer Service Agent, Bahamasair; newly appointed Consul General to Atlanta, Katherine Forbes-Smith; Harold Williams, Assistant Airport Manager, Bahamasair; Prime Minister Ingraham; Mr. Cooper; Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames, and Minister of Public Works and Transport with responsibility for Bahamasair the Hon. Neko Grant. (BIS Photo/Sharon Turner)