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Aruba Is Asking Travelers to Make a Simple Promise — And It Could Shape the Island’s Future

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Travel has always carried an unspoken contract. Visitors arrive to enjoy a destination, but they also share in the responsibility of preserving it — its landscapes, its culture, and the communities that sustain it. As tourism grows across the Caribbean, the question of what travelers owe the places they visit has taken on new urgency. […]

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Air Canada Commits to Caribbean Growth

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Canada is reiterating its commitment to Caribbean growth. Speaking at Caribbean Week Canada this week, Air Canada’s director of sales for Eastern Canada, Steve Goodfellow, said the carrier was “extremely proud and dedicated tot he growth of tourism in the Caribbean.” The carrier currently flies to 30 different destinations […]

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LIAT Expanding Antigua-San Juan Flights

More service between the islands By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT is launching a new nonstop flight from Antigua San Juan, the regional airline announced. The flights will operate three times per week beginning Oct. 27. The service will depart at 8:10 PM and arrive back in Antigua just after midnight. “This new flight will […]

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Air Canada Saw Increase in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic in 2014

Above: an Air Canada plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Air Canada saw a 5.7 percent increase in traffic to Latin America and the Caribbean last year, according to newly-released company data. The company totaled 5.14 billion revenue passenger miles to the region in 2014, up from 4.87 billion in 2014. For the year, the […]


LIAT Expanding Antigua-San Juan Flights

Above: Tobago (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean Airlines saw a big increase in demand for its Trinidad-Tobago “airbridge” route during the summer months, the carrier said Wednesday. The company said the airbridge experienced an “unprecedented increase in demand” this year, with an 8 percent increase in July and August over the same […]

Grenada Approves REDjet Application

By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada has approved an application by low-cost air carrier REDjet to service its Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago routes, according to Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Peter David. David said increasing travel opportunities for the region is good for Grenada’s economy. The company announced three weekly return flights to both […]

The Problem of Caribbean Air Travel

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor The first issue of the lack of progress with intraregional trade and synergy in the Caribbean is obvious. The fact is that unless we are able to improve the ease of traveling throughout the region, then regionalism, at the trade and other levels will suffer. In my view it is […]

REDjet to CARICOM: Time for New Approach to Regional Air Travel

REDjet CEO Ian Burns wrote a letter to CARICOM Secretary General Lolita Applewhaite urging a new approach to Caribbean air travel. According to the letter, which appeared in the Jamaica Observer, Burns cited a 2006 World Bank report on air travel that called for new competition and private investment in the industry. Burns said it […]