Air Canada Adding More Curaçao Flights

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - September 2nd, 2018

curacao bogota flights — The Papagayo hotel in Curacao on Jan Thiel Beach.

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Air Canada is expanding its network in the Dutch Caribbean, with plans for a second weekly flight from Montreal to Curaçao.

Air Canada currently operates one weekly flight from Montreal to Curaçao during the winter season, along with one year-round flight from Toronto to Curaçao.

The expansion will mean a total of five weekly flights from Canada to Curaçao for the winter tourist season, according to the Curaçao Hotel and Tourism Association.

They’re the latest new flights from Air Canada to the Caribbean, following recently-launched expanded services in destinations including St Kitts and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

— CJ

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