British Airways Planning Expansion of Service to Antigua

By: - September 26th, 2014

Above: a British Airways plane

By the Caribbean Journal staff

British Airways will be ramping up service to Antigua in the summer of 2015, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister Asot Michael announced this week.

The expansion will include an additional daily flight, increasing service from six to seven each day from London.

The news was revealed following a meeting with British Airways officials in London.

British Airways’ Antigua flight are among the top gateway flights for British travelers to the Caribbean.

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