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Air France Expanding St Maarten Flights

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - September 8, 2015 - 1:00 pm

More flights to caribbean hub

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Air France is expanding its flights to St Maarten, the company announced this week.

The new service will mean an additional flight on Saturdays between Paris and SXM Airport, increasing its offer to eight weekly flights in winter 2015.

The additional flight will be operated on an Airbus A340 with 275 seats.

Air France and partner KLM will be operating a total of 11 weekly flights between Europe and St Maarten this winter. (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines serves St Maarten from Amsterdam three times a week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays).

— CJ

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