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The Caribbean Travel Awards 2026

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When the final tallies come in, more than 35 million people will likely have visited the Caribbean as overnight guests in 2025 — around 4 percent more than the previous year, and about 3 percent more than in 2019. That’s along with another 38 million arriving on a cruise ship. In other words, travelers continue […]

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American Airlines Is Launching Daily Nonstop Flights to the Island of Bonaire

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It’s been setting tourism records of late, but the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire hasn’t been very easy to get to from the United States. But that’s starting to change in a big way.  First there was the news that JetBlue would be launching its first-ever flights from New York to Bonaire.  Now, American Airlines […]

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New Nonstop Flights Between Rhode Island and Puerto Rico 

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It’s getting easier to fly from New England to Puerto Rico. First there was Spirit’s new route between Hartford, Conn. and San Juan last year.  Then, rebranded carrier Avelo kicked off the first-ever flights between New Haven and San Juan.  And this fall, another new nonstop route is coming to San Juan from the land […]

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A New Way to Fly from New York to St Maarten 

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It all starts with that landing, the one best seen from the Sunset Beach Bar, when the Boeings and the Airbuses every so slightly graze the top of the runway’s chain-link fence on Maho Beach — or at least that’s the way it looks with a Carib in your hand.  The Caribbean’s most famous landing […]


New Nonstop Flights Between Rhode Island and Puerto Rico 

If you’ve been following Caribbean aviation recently, you’ve seen the growth of airlift out of San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, where a host of carriers are adding new flights around the region.  Now you can add JetBlue to that list.  The company is quietly beginning an intra-Caribbean expansion out of San […]

Frontier Airlines Is Cutting This Montego Bay Route 

Ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is cutting one of its newer routes to the island of Jamaica.  Frontier is canceling the route between Cleveland and Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport in June.  The carrier only launched the route last month. It has been operating three times per week.  “Unfortunately, the demand has not proven sufficient to […]

JetBlue Is Adding a New Nonstop Route From Westchester to Puerto Rico 

If you’ve been following the Caribbean lately, you know just how many new routes have been coming to Puerto Rico since the pandemic. Seemingly every week there’s a new nonstop route from somewhere in the mainland United States.  It’s a movement that’s driven record-breaking tourism numbers on the island, as flights and hotels remain cheap […]

It’s Getting Easier to Fly Nonstop to Bermuda, Including From Some New Cities 

Bermuda’s traditional tourism stronghold has always been the Northeastern United States. That’s not exactly a surprise; it’s a very short flight from important markets like New York and Boston, and travelers in those cities have for decades been a major source of tourism.  But in the last few years, Bermuda’s travel footprint has been expanding, […]

From JetBlue to American Airlines, Antigua Set for Big Increase in US Flights 

From its seemingly infinite number of perfect white-sand beaches to an enviable collection of luxury all-inclusive resorts to a dynamic culinary scene, there’s a reason travelers are flocking to the twin-island hotspot of Antigua and Barbuda. The big airlines clearly see that too — and the major United States-based carriers are significantly ramping up their […]

Tulum Is About to Welcome Its First Nonstop Flights from the US

It was a tiny beach town, tucked amid mangroves and Mayan ruins, the stomping ground of yogis and artists and creative types.  In the last decade, though, the Mexican Caribbean town of Tulum has exploded, surging into one of the hippest, most in-demand places to visit in the Caribbean Basin.  What was once the home […]

Avianca Is Relaunching More Nonstop Flights to Cartagena

Colombian carrier Avianca is relaunching a major seasonal nonstop route to Cartagena, the booming destination on the country’s Caribbean coast.  Beginning June 2, Avianca will restart flights between New York and Cartagena, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The service will be operating four times each week. Cartagena-New York service will run on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and […]

American Airlines Just Expanded Its French Caribbean Flights

From the rainforests to the rum, the haute cuisine to the beaches, the French Caribbean island of Martinique is among the most diverse, fascinating places to visit in the wider region.  And now it’s easier than ever to fly to Martinique’s capital of Fort-de-France, thanks to a ramp-up by American Airlines.  For the current season, […]