Air Canada Expanding Flights to St Vincent and the Grenadines

By: - September 7th, 2018
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Palm Island in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Air Canada is expanding its flights to St Vincent and the Grenadines, the carrier said this week.

The carrier’s Air Canada Rouge brand will be offering year-round nonstop flights from Toronto to St Vincent’s Argyle International Airport.

The weekly Thursday flights will resume Oct. 25 and continue year-round, with a second weekly flight on Sundays set to operate during the peak winter travel season, from Dec. 16 to April 28, 2019.

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The Petit St Vincent resort in the Grenadines.

”Air Canada is pleased to offer increased frequency and year-round service to St. Vincent and the Grenadines beginning this winter. Our decision is based on the strong performance of this route when we launched it last year and we are proud to be the first North American carrier to serve the islands,” said Mark Galardo, Vice President, Network Planning, Air Canada.

It’s the second year Air Canada has operated nonstop flights to the destination since first launching the route in February 2017.

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