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Delta Adding More Flights to Nassau

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - May 26, 2018 - 10:55 pm

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Delta Air Lines is expanding its service to The Bahamas this fall.

The carrier has announced plans to add a second daily flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport beginning Oct. 1.

Baha Mar

The second daily flight is part of a wider Caribbean expansion for the carrier, which has been adding new routes across the region in the last year.

It’s another boost for what has become one of the fastest-growing destinations in the region, in large part thanks to the debut of the 2,300-room Baha Mar megaresort on Cable Beach.

— CJ

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