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Cape Air’s New Caribbean Push Begins in Culebra and Virgin Gorda

Southwest Gets First Boeing 737 MAX 8

Southwest Airlines has officially taken delivery of its newest aircraft: its first Boeing 737 MAX 8. Southwest is the first airline in the United States to receive the 737 MAX, planning to take delivery of eight more MAX planes in …

Delta Operations Return to Normal

Delta’s flight operations have returned to normal following its global outage on Monday, the carrier announced. Delta had started Thursday with 25 mainline flights canceled, some due to bad weather in the Midwest, and the company said no additional cancellations …

Caribbean Carrier Winair Is Adding Another Plane

St Maarten-based Caribbean air carrier is expanding its fleet for the summer season, the company announced. Winair has announced the addition of an additional DHC-6 300 aircraft for the summer. In a statement, the company said the aircraft would allow …

InterCaribbean Airways Launching New Jamaica-Haiti Flights

Above: an InterCaribbean Airways plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos-based InterCaribbean Airways is set to launch a group of new flights around the region, the regional carrier announced. The company has launched nonstop flights between Kingston and …

What Airbus Forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: an Airbus plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Latin America and the Caribbean will need 2,294 new passenger and freighter aircraft by the year 2033, according to Airbus’ latest global market forecast. That number would include 1,784 single-aisle, 481 …

LIAT to Operate Fewer Aircraft in 2015

Above: a LIAT plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Regional carrier LIAT will be a smaller airline in 2015. The company announced this week that, as part of its “fleet transition programme,” LIAT will be operating nine aircraft as opposed …