The blue cobblestones of Old San Juan are packed long before lunch. At El Yunque National Forest, the sound of waterfalls carries through the trees. Along the west coast in Rincón, surfers paddle out beneath orange evening skies. Puerto Rico has become one of the Caribbean’s most in-demand destinations, and getting there is about to […]
Puerto Rico is seeing air traffic at all-time highs, and now the island has another two new routes to its roster. JetBlue has officially started its newest routes to Puerto Rico, with brand-new service from Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Tampa International Airport. The new service from Raleigh-Durham is operating daily roundtrip service to San Juan. […]
Frontier Airlines has kicked off a major expansion of service to Puerto Rico and Cancun, Mexico. The ultra-low-cost carrier has begun operating new routes between seven U.S cities and Puerto Rico, along with a new route between Puerto Rico and Cancun. That includes flights from Cleveland, Baltimore, Chicago Midway, Dallas Fort Worth and Detroit to […]
Since 2020, Puerto Rico has been one of the hottest destinations for new airlift in the Americas. And that trend is continuing, as visitors continue to flock to the island. New York City-based JetBlue has announced plans to add another two nonstop routes to Puerto Rico: year-round service between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and San Juan; […]
The Caribbean’s fastest-growing carrier has added another daily route to the region, this time to the island of Puerto Rico. This week, Frontier Airlines kicked off new daily nonstop service from Tampa, Fla. to San Juan, Puerto Rico, another new route for what has been the fastest-expanding airline in the Caribbean amid the pandemic. The […]
The Punta Borinquen Resort in Puerto Rico has completed a substantial renovation project, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Aguadilla area property has put the finishing touches on an $8.6 million renovation project. “Our company has been here for nearly 30 years since we first bet on the tourism potential of tourism in the north [of […]
Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has launched another new route to Puerto Rico, this time to the island’s “Second City.” The airline has kicked off nonstop service between Orlando and Ponce, another boost for a city that continues to grow as both a tourism and investment destination. The new service is operating daily between Orlando International […]
Frontier Airlines is launching three new nonstop routes to Puerto Rico, Caribbean Journal has learned. That includes new service from both Boston and Hartford to San Juan, along with a new route between Orlando and Aguadilla’s Rafael Hernandez International Airport. The Boston-San Juan service will operate four times each week, while Hartford-San Juan flights will […]
Air traffic to Puerto Rico continues to rebound, according to ASUR, the parent company of San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. Passenger traffic in San Juan was 751,974 in March, which actually represented a 42.9 percent increase compared to March 2020, the onset of the pandemic. That was buoyed by a 51.9 percent increase […]
Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is set to expand its Caribbean network with a new route to Puerto Rico next month, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company will launch new service from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to San Juan, Puerto Rico on April 17. The new service will operate once weekly on Saturdays. “Our Guests love […]
After nearly a year of using San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marin Airport as its only port of entry, Puerto Rico has reopened two more major airports on the island. Puerto Rico has just relaunched two more international airports: Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla and Mercedita International Airport in Ponce. The move comes as Puerto Rico […]
JetBlue Airways is set to launch a significant expansion to the Caribbean this summer, Caribbean Journal has learned. In July, JetBlue will launch new routes to destinations including Antigua, Puerto Rico, Cartagena, Haiti, Puerto Plata, Saint Lucia and St Thomas, all out of Newark Liberty International Airport. That includes up to 3 flights per week to […]
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