American Airlines Launching New Flights to Grand Cayman

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - June 7th, 2018

By the Caribbean Journal staff

American Airlines is adding a new route to the Cayman Islands, Caribbean Journal has learned.

The company is launching new nonstop flights between Chicago-O’Hare and Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport on Dec. 22.

Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands.

The new winter service will operate every Saturday through May 14, 2019, according to the carrier.

It’s another boost for a destination that has been seeing vastly expanded flight service from the United States.

— CJ

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