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Caribbean Airline LIAT Suspending Flights Through May 15

Caribbean regional airline LIAT is extending the suspension its flight services in the Caribbean to May 15. The comes amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The decision was based on a review by the company’s Board of Directors and Executive Management, […]

Caribbean Airlines Keeping Up Cargo Operations Amid Coronavirus

Trinidad-based regional airline Caribbean Airlines is continuing its cargo operations amid coronavirus, the carrier said. The company continues to operate its cargo freighter flights and ground transport trucking services moving cargo between the United States and the Cribbean. Much of […]

How Coronavirus Is Affecting American Airlines in the Caribbean

American Airlines has announced a series of changes to its schedule in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Crucially, though, the carrier said it would “continue” its short-haul flights to the Caribbean, with the suspension of just a few […]

New Airline Launches St Maarten-Curacao Flights

There’s a new airline in the Caribbean, with the official launch of Jetair Caribbean. The startup carrier has kicked off its regional service with new flights between Curacao and St Maarten, according to the Curacao Hotel and Tourism Association. Jetair, […]

Caribbean Airlines Launches Kingston-Cayman Flights

Caribbean Airlines has launched its new service between Kingston, Jamaica and Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. The twice-weekly nonstop flight will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays until March 28, 2020, according to the company. “Caribbean Airlines has a clear […]

Caribbean Airlines Launching More Flights From Jamaica

Caribbean Airlines is adding another new route out of what is becoming a growing regional hub in Jamaica, the company announced this week. Caribbean Airlines will begin its newest service between Kingston, Jamaica and Grand Cayman on Dec. 3. The […]

Caribbean Airlines’ Newest Destination

By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Airlines is adding a new destination in the Caribbean: Curacao. The regional airline is planning to launch new flights from Trinidad and Tobago to Curacao, with service slated to begin Aug. 2. The flights […]

American Airlines Set to Launch First-Ever St Vincent Flights

By Alexander Britell The green hills and turquoise seas of the Grenadines have long been one of the most romantic places in the hemisphere, an unspoiled archipelago of the sort that inspires novels and one-way tickets. A big reason for […]

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 […]

American Airlines Launches New Nonstop Flights to Guyana

By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines is now serving the southern edge of the Caribbean. The carrier has officially launched new nonstop flights from Miami to Guyana on the northern coast of South America. The new flights, which began […]

American Airlines Is Making a Big Return to St Maarten

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten is seeing more and more new flights and resumed service as the island works to recover from last year’s storms, led by a major resumption in service by American Airlines. That includes the […]

Caribbean Airlines’ New Locally-Focused In-Flight Service

By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Airlines has launched a sweeping reform of its in-flight service, this time with an emphasis on authenticity. It’s called Caribbean Cafe, and the new snack and beverage catalogue will focus on locally made products […]

American Airlines Launching Miami-St Vincent Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines is launching its first-ever nonstop flights to St Vincent and the Grenadines . The world’s largest airline will launch its new flights between Miami International Airport and St Vincent’s Argyle International Airport Dec. […]

Silver Airways Acquires Seaborne to Create Major New Caribbean Airline

By Alexander Britell There’s a new power player in Caribbean aviation. Fort Lauderdale-based airline Silver Airways has acquired San Juan-based Caribbean regional airline Seaborne Airlines in what could be a transformative move for the region’s air sector. Silver has closed […]

Caribbean Airlines Launches Nonstop New York-St Vincent Flights

By Alexander Britell For the first time ever, you can now fly nonstop from New York to St Vincent and the Grenadines. Caribbean Airlines launched the first-ever New York-St Vincent flights this week, a major new service that finally connects […]

American Airlines Names SVP for Network Strategy

American Airlines has announced a major new appointment for its network growth. The carrier has tapped Devon May as its new senior vice president of network strategy, a role in which he will assume leadership over American’s network strategy including […]

Caribbean Airlines Increases Trinidad-St. Vincent Flights

Caribbean Airlines has expanded its service between Trinidad and St. Vincent. the carrier is now operating flights between Trinidad and St. Vincent five times per week on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. “This expansion will improve the frequency with […]

Southwest Airlines Launches Wave of New Nonstop Caribbean Flights

Southwest Airlines is making moves in the Caribbean. The carrier officially launched new daily nonstop service to four Caribbean destinations on Sunday, all out of its growing Caribbean-network hub in Fort Lauderdale. The carrier has launched daily nonstop service from […]

WestJet Is Launching An Ultra Low-Cost Airline

Canadian leisure carrie WestJet is developing a new ultra-low-cost airline, the company announced. The as-yet-unnamed carrier will launch in late 2017 or early 2018. The airline will begin with an initial fleet of 10 high-density Boeing 737-800s designed by the […]

Copa Is Launching a New Low-Cost Airline in the Caribbean Basin

There’s a new airline coming to the Caribbean region: Wingo. Wingo, which is the brainchild of Panama-based Copa Holdings, could be a major boost both for intraregional travel and for Latin American tourism to the Caribbean. The low-cost carrier, which […]

United Airlines Expanding Flights to Puerto Rico

United Airlines is significantly ramping up its service to Puerto Rico, the carrier announced this week. The airline said it would be increasing its flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport to six […]

Caribbean Airlines Expands Trinidad-Nassau Service

Expansion in flights By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Airlines has increased its flight service between Trinidad and Nassau, the company announced. The Port-of-Spain-Nassau flights will operate three times per week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays as flight BW 414. […]

American Airlines: Caribbean, Latin America Decline Slows

Carrier sees smaller decline in the region By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines Group’s regional decline slowed slightly in July, according to the company’s latest monthly traffic report. The carrier reported revenue passenger miles of just over 3.01 billion […]

American Airlines Showing Prolonged Decline in Latin America, Caribbean

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor American Airlines’ decline in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015 continues. American Airlines Group is reporting a 6.1 percent decrease in year-to-date revenue passenger miles for Latin America and the Caribbean compared to the […]

Copa Airlines Officially Launches Panama-New Orleans Flights

Above: a Copa plane By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Copa Airlines has officially launched nonstop service between Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. With the new service, New Orleans becomes the airline’s 11th US […]

The Best Caribbean Airlines

Most major airlines fly to the Caribbean. But once you get there, if you want to go between islands, it’s a very different story. For island hoppers, businesspeople, family visitors or island explorers, there are all kinds of airlines servicing […]

American Airlines’ New Caribbean Flights

Above: Le Diamant in Martinique (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines has officially launched its latest Caribbean expansion. On Thursday, the carrier launched flights from Miami to its newest Caribbean destination, Barranquilla on the Caribbean coast of […]

Expanding Intra-Regional Caribbean Travel

Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff How can intra-regional travel in the Eastern Caribbean be expanded? That was the question at a recent summit in Antigua and Barbuda to discuss an OECS-commissioned study on the factors inhibiting […]

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