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This Caribbean Beach Has Soft Sand, Vibrant Water, and a Barefoot Rhythm

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There is a version of the Caribbean that lives more in novels than in real life. It is barefoot and unhurried, defined by quiet mornings and long afternoons where nothing interrupts the rhythm of the sea. It exists without crowds or schedules, without spectacle. You come upon it by chance, often on foot, and it […]

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Southwest Airlines’ New Jamaica Flights

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Montego Bay’s 2019 airlift boom has continued with the launch of a new nonstop Southwest Airlines route. The low-cost carrier has officially launched a new weekly route from St. Louis, MO to Montego Bay, Jamaica’s tourism hub. The flights are operating once every week on Saturdays. The new service departs […]

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Southwest Airlines Resuming Cancun, Belize Routes

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Southwest Airlines is set to resume several seasonal routes to the Caribbean for the upcoming winter season, the company announced. That will be highlighted by the return of daily flights between Austin and Cancun on Nov. 1. Southwest will also be resuming a host of weekly Saturday flights to the […]

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Cancun Is the Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Airport

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By the Caribbean Journal staff The region’s fastest growing airport is in the heart of the Mexican Caribbean. Cancun International Airport added a whopping 30 new air routes in the 2018 calendar year, according to officials from the state of Quintana Roo. That was more than any other airport in the region last year. That […]


Southwest Airlines Resuming Cancun, Belize Routes

By the Caribbean Journal staff Southwest Airlines has begun new weekend service between Chicago-Midway and Los Cabos-Cabo San Lucas, the carrier announced this week. The new flights comes as Southwest has resumed a wave of flights to destinations in both the Caribbean and Mexico for the upcoming season. That includes daily flights from Austin to […]

Southwest Airlines Adds New Daily Flight to Havana

By the Caribbean Journal staff Fast-expanding Southwest Airlines has added another daily flight to the Caribbean. The carrier has officially launched a third daily nonstop flight between Fort Lauderdale and Havana, Cuba. Southwest now operates a total of three daily flights from Fort Lauderdale to Havana, with flights departing Fort Lauderdale at 9:35 AM, 12:15 […]

Belize Is Getting New Flights from Sun Country Airlines

By the Caribbean Journal staff From WestJet to Southwest Airlines, Belize has seen a wave of new flight launches to the destination in the past several years. Now you can add another new route to the list. Sun Country Airlines has announced plans to launch new nonstop flights from Minneapolis-St Paul to Belize. The new […]

Southwest Airlines Traffic Rises Again

By the Caribbean Journal staff Southwest Airlines reported another jump in traffic in July, according to the latest numbers from the carrier. The company reported a total of 12.195 billion revenue passenger miles last month, which represented a 2.2 percent increase over the same month in 2017. Southwest also saw a 2.1 percent increase in […]

Strong Traffic Growth for JetBlue

By the Caribbean Journal staff It was a very strong July for JetBlue last month, according to the latest numbers from the New York City-based air carrier. JetBlue reported 4.755 billion revenue passenger miles last month, a 6.2 percent increase compared to July 2017. The carrier also saw 4.1 percent growth in available seat miles […]

JetBlue Reports Big Traffic Increase

By the Caribbean Journal staff It was a very strong May for JetBlue Airways, according to the carrier’s latest traffic report. The New York City-based airline’s preliminary traffic results showed an 8.9 percent increase in traffic, on a capacity increase of 7.6 percent. Overall, JetBlue reported 4.342 billion revenue passenger miles in May, up from […]

Delta Adding More Miami-Havana Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Air Lines is adding a second nonstop flight from Miami to Havana, the carrier announced. The new service to Cuba will run five times a week on Airbus A320 aircraft, with 16 seats in first class, 18 in Delta Comfort+ and 123 in the main cabin. The new service […]

Southwest Resuming Seasonal Daily Caribbean Flights This Winter

By the Caribbean Journal staff Southwest Airlines is resuming its seasonal daily Caribbean flights for the upcoming tourist season, the carrier announced this week. The seasonal network will relaunch Nov. 4, 2018. That will include flights from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Belize, Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos; St Louis […]