We interview Cdr. Bud Slabbaert on his remarkable initiative to create positive change, consensus and cooperation among aviation, tourism and government stakeholders in many Caribbean nations, in order to drive new air transport links and new economic growth throughout the entire region.
Read moreSint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport, which now uses its three-letter IATA code to brand itself as ‘SXM Airport’, is working on a series of major upgrades as passenger traffic and aircraft movements continue to grow quickly.
Read moreJetBlue Airways plans to operate twice-weekly round-trips between New York JFK and Grenada, on Thursdays and Sundays from June 11.
Read moreJetBlue Announces Planned Grenada Service from New York
AirlinesAirportsDestinations February 4, 2015
Subject to receipt of government operating authority, JetBlue Airways will launch twice-weekly non-stop service between New York JFK and Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport on June 11.
Read moreOn July 1, Southwest Airlines will begin operating daily, non-stop flights linking Atlanta with Aruba and Montego Bay; Baltimore/Washington International Airport with Aruba, Nassau, and (twice daily) Montego Bay; and Orlando with Aruba (on Saturdays only) and Montego Bay.
Read moreSunrise Airways has received approval from Haiti’s Civil Aviation Authority and the Dominican Republic’s Junta de Aviacion Civil to operate regular charter flights between Port-Au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport and La Isabela International Airport near Santo Domingo.
Read moreThe weekly flights, which began on July 13, are operated by Boeing 737-800 single-aisle jets, each fitted with 16 United Business seats, 48 United Economy Plus seats and 90 United Economy seats.
Read moreIn addition to the 14 routes which Air Canada’s new leisure-airline brand will serve from July 1, Air Canada rouge will add seasonal flights operating from October through March to another 13 sunspot destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida and Southwestern U.S. for “snowbird” winter-season leisure travelers.
Read moreAmerican Airlines has launched a new codeshare agreement with St. Croix-based Seaborne Airlines, which provides American’s customers with access to six destinations in the Caribbean from San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Read moreThis aircraft, the first ATR regional airliner in LIAT’s fleet, is an ATR 72-600 which the airline is leasing from GE Capital Aviation Services. LIAT will introduce a total of eight ATRs (four 68-seat ATR 72-600s and four 48-seat ATR 42-600s) into its fleet.
Read moreSeaborne Airlines is launching four-times-weekly service between Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan and Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique, on June 1. Seaborne Airlines will operate the new service with 34-seat Saab 340B turboprops, having acquired three in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Read moreAmerican Airlines Announces Weekly Miami-Martinique Service
AirlinesAirportsDestinations January 3, 2013
American Airlines is launching weekly service to the Caribbean island of Martinique on April 6. The new flights, which represent the first non-stop air service between Martinique and the U.S. mainland since 2008, will operate on Saturdays.
Read moreAmerican Airlines to Serve Roátan Island in Honduras from Miami
AirlinesAirportsDestinations August 27, 2012
American Airlines is launching weekly non-stop service between Miami International Airport and Juan Manuel Gálvez Roatán International Airport on the Caribbean island of Roátan off the coast of Honduras, beginning November 17.
Read moreSubject to government approvals, WestJet will add Antigua, Curaçao and Liberia in Costa Rica as new seasonal destinations, all to be served from Toronto Pearson International Airport; and Manzanillo in Mexico, to be served from Calgary International Airport.
Read moreSubject to receiving government approval, JetBlue will launch three-times-weekly service between New York JFK and Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport on November 15 and weekly service to Grand Cayman from Boston Logan International Airport on November 17.
Read moreCartagena to Become JetBlue’s Second Destination in Colombia
AirlinesAirportsDestinations July 2, 2012
JetBlue Airways plans to launch three-times-weekly service between New York JFK and Cartagena on Colombia’s Caribbean coast on November 2, subject to receipt of government approval.
Read moreCape Air Expands St. Croix-Vieques Seasonal Service to Year-Round Daily Flight
AirlinesAirportsDestinations June 26, 2012
Cape Air is expanding its originally seasonal schedule between St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico into a daily, year-round service between the two destinations.
Read moreThe airline is due to start its service on July 1, while Cancun is in the midst of commemorating the Mundo Maya, which offers events and celebrations throughout the resort city.
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