Spirit Airlines Relaunching More Caribbean Flights From Orlando
Spirit Airlines is set to relaunch a host of routes from Orlando to the wider Caribbean Basin in December. The low-cost carrier will be relaunching flights from Orlando to Caribbean destinations including Cartagena, Cancun and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, among others. Orlando-Cartagena flights will launch Dec. 16 and operate three times each week; Orlando-Cancun flights will […]
British Airways to grow long-haul network next month
British Airways will operate 52 long-haul routes alongside its short-haul network next month as the airline continues to adapt to changing restrictions around the globe as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Services will continue to operate to US gateways including New York JFK, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco, with Newark added to […]
Virgin Atlantic to return to two more Caribbean destinations
Virgin Atlantic will relaunch flights to Antigua and Grenada on Monday, with two flights a week planned for each island. The services will join the four weekly flights to Barbados and twice weekly flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Both Antigua and Grenada are currently included in of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office travel corridor list, […]
American Airlines Relaunches Bahamas, Grenada, Barbados Flights
American Airlines has kicked off its latest relaunch of Caribbean service, this time with resumed flights across The Bahamas, Grenada and Barbados. American Airlines just resumed flights from Miami to Freeport, North Eleuthera and George Town, Exuma in The Bahamas. Each of those flights is operating five times each week. The carrier also relaunched flights […]
United’s November Service to Add Popular Florida, Mexico and Caribbean Routes
United Airlines announced plans to restart service on close to 30 international routes this November, in addition to strengthening U.S. domestic connections to tourism hotspots in Hawaii and Florida. In rebuilding its network, United is also bolstering service to popular leisure destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. Even after such additions, the airline’s […]
Americans Looking to International Travel for Early 2021
Americans are poised to travel abroad in early 2021, according to new data from travel insurance aggregator Squaremouth, which found that 65 percent of trips booked for next year are to international destinations. It appears that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a pent-up demand among travelers to venture abroad. Squaremouth reports that international destinations […]
MBJ Airport First in the Caribbean to Obtain Airport Health Accreditation
Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) congratulates MBJ Airports Limited for being the first airport in the Caribbean to obtain the Airport Health Accreditation. MBJ Airports Limited is operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) and Vantage Airport Group. The ACI Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) programme provides airports with an assessment of […]
Airlines Resume Routes as Caribbean Borders Reopen
Caribbean air service is expanding as destinations slowly re-open their borders to international visitors and regional carriers launch new intra-Caribbean service. Grenada Tourism Authority officials this week announced Air Canada will resume service to the tri-island nation beginning August 10. Weekly flights will depart Mondays from Toronto Pearson International Airport at 9:00 a.m. and arrive […]
British Airways starts new route to Montego Bay and returns to Antigua, Barbados, Kingston and St Lucia
British Airways is to start a new route between Gatwick and Montego Bay in Jamaica from October 13, 2020. Demonstrating its commitment to the Caribbean, the airline has also now resumed flying to Antigua (from August 1), Barbados (from July 18), Kingston (also Jamaica, from July 20) and St Lucia (from July 25), albeit with […]
The continued shutdown of Latin America and Caribbean is hurting regional airlines
With COVID-19 infections accelerating, the majority of Latin America and Caribbean countries still closed to commercial travel, and Europe imposing travel restrictions, the tourism and aviation industry risks losing millions of jobs and seeing more airlines filing bankruptcy, two leading industry organizations say. On Thursday, the International Air Transport Association and the World Travel & […]
