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Spirit Airlines Kicks Off New Flights to Barranquilla
Spirit Airlines has kicked off its newest route in the Caribbean Basin, launching new flights from Fort Lauderdale to Barranquilla, Colombia. The new flights to Barranquilla’s Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport are operating three times per week. Spirit first entered Colombia […]
Frontier Airlines’ Caribbean Expansion to Include St Thomas, Cozumel
Frontier Airline is launching a new expansion in the Caribbean that will include a pair of new destinations: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands and Cozumel off the Caribbean coast of Mexico. On Feb. 13, the carrier will launch weekly Saturday […]
Spirit Airlines Relaunching More Caribbean Flights From Orlando
Spirit Airlines is set to relaunch a host of routes from Orlando to the wider Caribbean Basin in December. The low-cost carrier will be relaunching flights from Orlando to Caribbean destinations including Cartagena, Cancun and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, among others. […]
American Airlines Planning Pre-Flight Testing for Jamaica, The Bahamas
American Airlines is planning to launch pre-flight COVID-19 testing on certain flights in the Caribbean region. The plan will begin with preflight COVID-19 testing for customers traveling to Jamaica and The Bahamas. Jamaica will be the first destination, with American […]
Caribbean Airlines Relaunches Flights from Jamaica
Caribbean Airlines has relaunched its commercial operations from its hub in Kingston. The airline has resumed daily flights between Kingston and New York, with nonstop flights between Kingston and both Toronto and Miami to begin this week. “The resumption of […]
Spirit Airlines Is Relaunching Flights to the Caribbean
Spirit Airlines is planning a major relaunch of its flight service to the Caribbean over the next two months, Caribbean Journal has learned. The low-cost carrier is planning a roll-out of relaunched routes in June and July, kicking off as […]
Panama’s Copa Airlines “Hopes” to Resume Flights June 1
Panama-based Copa Airlines hopes to resume operations on June 1, 2020, pending approval from regional authorities. The move follows a 30-day extension of the suspension of all international flights in the country due to the coronavirus crisis. In addition, between […]
Caribbean Airlines: Social Distancing “In Place”
Trinidad-based airline Caribbean Airlines says it putting a major focus on social distancing and sanitization. The carrier, which is still running service within Trinidad and Tobago, said social distancing practices were “in place” on its domestic operations. Once international service […]
How Southwest Airlines Is Changing Its Flights
Southwest Airlines is making a number of major changes to its flight operations amid the new realities of travel. The changes range from face covering policies to a spectrum of social-distancing policies, all of which reflect the way we will […]
Caribbean Airlines Is Launching a Cargo Charter Service
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, regional Caribbean carrier Caribbean Airlines is launching a new kind of cargo operation: charter service. The company has introduced its new cargo charter service program “to support supply chains within the Caribbean region.” Caribbean Airlines […]
Spirit Airlines Keeps Up Cancun Expansion in New Orleans
Spirit Airlines is turning 2020 into the Year of Cancun. The low-cost carrier announced plans to add yet another new route to the ultra-popular destination on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, this time with service from New Orleans. It’s part […]
Eastern Airlines Set to Launch Guyana Flights
The newly-relaunched Eastern Airlines is set to begin its first-ever commercial service to the wider Caribbean region next month. Eastern, a revival of the branding of the once-legendary airline, will be launching nonstop flights between New York and Georgetown, Guyana […]
Saint Lucia Gets New American Airlines Flights From Chicago
American Airlines’ winter expansion has now reached Saint Lucia, with the launch of a new nonstop route from Chicago. American’s newest Caribbean route will be operating weekly on Saturdays, with flights between Chicago O’Hare and Hewanorra International Airport. “We are […]
American Airlines, Delta Extending St Kitts Flights
Both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are extending their existing non-stop Saturday flights to St. Kitts from JFK to include the month of May 2020, providing continuous service from peak season through summer. With both airlines increasing service at a time […]
Spirit Airlines Is Launching a Big Puerto Rico Expansion
Fast-expanding low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is planning a major expansion in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal has learned. Spirit’s expansion will be headlined by the launch of new daily nonstop flights from both Newark Liberty and Boston Logan airports to San […]
Spirit Airlines Is Adding More Legroom
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Spirit Airlines says it is adding more space to its cabin. The low-cost carrier has unveiled what it’s calling new, more comfortable seats that provide “additional legroom.” Spirit’s new seats, created by UK-based Acro Aircraft […]
American Airlines Is Expanding Its Flights to St Kitts
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Kitts is in the midst of an airlift boom, and now the world’s largest airline is adding another new flight to the destination. American Airlines will launch a second weekly nonstop flight from New […]
Mexico’s InterJet, American Airlines Sign Interline Agreement
By the Caribbean Journal staff Mexico’s Interjet Airlines has signed a bilateral interline agreement with American Airlines, it announced this week. The move means Interjet customers connecting through the American Airlines network can now purchase one ticket for flights on […]
Southwest Airlines Traffic Keeps Up Strong 2018
By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s been a strong 2018 for Southwest Airlines, and the low-cost carrier continues to post solid traffic numbers. Last month, Southwest reported 11.3 billion revenue passenger miles, a 4.9 percent increase compared to November 2017, […]
United Airlines’ New Partnership With Avianca and Copa
By the Caribbean Journal staff In a major development for regional aviation in Latin America and the Caribbean, United Airlines has announced an agreement with Panama’s Copa Airlines and Colombia’s Avianca for a joint business agreement. The agreement, still pending […]
Caribbean Airlines Is Upgrading Its Fleet
By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Airlines is planning a major upgrade of its fleet, with plans to add new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets. The Trinidad-based airline will add 12 new MAX airplanes in the coming years, according to […]
Southwest Airlines Traffic Rises Again
By the Caribbean Journal staff Southwest Airlines reported another jump in traffic in July, according to the latest numbers from the carrier. The company reported a total of 12.195 billion revenue passenger miles last month, which represented a 2.2 percent […]
American Airlines to Launch Daily Charlotte-Barbados Flights
By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados tourism is surging, and it’s about to get another big lift from American Airlines. The carrier has announced plans to launch daily nonstop flights between Charlotte and Barbados beginning Dec. 19. The new flight […]
American Airlines Planning Guyana Launch in November
By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines could be launching its first-ever flights to Guyana sooner than expected. The carrier could now start its new Miami-Georgetown route by mid-November, one month earlier than planned, according to the government of Guyana. […]
Panama’s Copa Airlines Plans June 2 Return to St Maarten
By the Caribbean Journal staff Another important carrier is plotting its return to St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport. Panama-based carrier Copa Airlines will resume flights to St Maarten on June 2, the company announced. Copa had suspended operations to […]
Spirit Airlines to Install Wi-Fi on Fleet
By the Caribbean Journal staff Ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has announced plans to install Wi-Fi on all of its planes by next summer. The company has signed an agreement with technology partner Thales Group to bring high-speed web browsing […]
Nassau’s Airport Is Setting New Passenger Records
By the Caribbean Journal staff Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport is seeing a passenger boom, according to new data. The airport has seen a record-breaking December and January, with arrivals higher than pre-recession levels. That amounted to 151,454 passengers in […]
Caribbean Airlines Resumes St Maarten Service
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Caribbean Airlines has resumed its scheduled service to St Maarten, following the reopening of the Princess Juliana Airport for commercial operations. Caribbean Airlines operates flights in/out of St Maarten from its hubs in Piarco, Trinidad […]
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