Southwest Airlines Is Relaunching More Aruba Flights

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - December 25, 2021

Southwest Airlines is relaunching one of its most popular flights to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, Caribbean Journal has learned.

In June 2022, the carrier will resume nonstop flights between Orlando and Aruba.

The route, which officially resumes June 5, 2022, will be operating daily nonstop flights, according to a statement from Southwest Airlines.

Southwest has already relaunched its flight service from Baltimore-Washington to Aruba.

Southwest said the relaunch was part of a “commitment to continue building on its world-famous point-to-point network while giving travelers more ways to reach their favorite summer destinations.”

— CJ

The Cool List: The Caribbean’s Coolest Places to Stay in 2025, From Adventure Resorts to Historic Inns

It was one of the first major guides we at Caribbean Journal ever put together: The Cool List, whose first edition was back in 2013 and which remains an unrivaled curation of unique, character-filled, personality-driven, artful hotels around the Caribbean. […]

The 25 Best Best Beach Bars in the Caribbean for 2025, From Aruba to St Barth to Eleuthera

You can find the perfect island. You can book the perfect hotel. But your vacation hasn’t really begun until you pull up to your chair with an ice-cold cocktail at the perfect Caribbean beach bar. For all of the wonders […]

United Airlines Is Launching New Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Volcanoes, Waterfalls and Luxury Hotels

It’s an island with nine different active volcanoes. It also has more than a dozen waterfalls. And a boiling lake. And geothermal diving. And several of the Caribbean’s top luxury hotels, from the treehouse villas with plunge pools at Secret […]

The Caribbean’s Best Hot Sauce Comes from Belize

Beware. No Wimps Allowed. Belizean Heat. These are the monikers that adorn some of the hottest hot sauces you will ever try. But they’re not the hottest. That would be Red Hornet, a sauce so hot even the official tasters […]

Positive Growth Keeps Up for Cayman Islands Tourism

people sitting on seven mile beach in grand cayman

It was another year of positive growth for the Cayman Islands last year, buoyed by a surging month of December, Caribbean Journal has learned. The destination reported 437,842 stayover visitors in 2023, a 2 percent increase over 2023. That included […]

Winair is Adding St Maarten-Montserrat Flights for Legendary St. Patrick’s Festival

It’s the biggest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the Caribbean: the annual St. Patrick’s Festival on the island of Montserrat, the self-styled “Emerald Isle” of the Caribbean. The event runs from March 8 to 17, and the St Maarten-based carrier […]