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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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Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Caribbean Flights

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines is set for another expansion of service to the Caribbean in 2020, according to the company. Southwest will be launching new nonstop routes to Cozumel, Mexico and Turks and Caicos next spring. That will include a new twice-daily roundtrip flight between Houston Hobby and Cozumel, with […]

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Sun Country Launching New Nonstop Flights to The Bahamas

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines is continuing its fast-paced Caribbean expansion, Caribbean Journal has learned. Sun Country has announced plans to launch a new nonstop route from Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport to Nassau in The Bahamas. The new route is set to launch Dec. 21, according to Sun Country’s Web […]

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Punta Cana Is Getting New Flights From Providence

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By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s tourism capital of Punta Cana is getting another new nonstop route from the United States. This time, it’s a new flight from Providence, Rhode Island’s TF Green Airport on fast-expanding low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines. The new seasonal service will launch this winter on Nov. 16, operating […]


Sun Country Launching New Nonstop Flights to The Bahamas

By the Caribbean Journal staff Delta Air Lines is launching a pair of new nonstop routes to the Caribbean. Beginning Dec. 21, the carrier will launch expand its weekly Saturday service to daily service from Detroit to both Montego Bay, Jamaica and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. That will mean two new daily nonstop […]

American Airlines Is Adding a New Route to St Kitts

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts is seeing a veritable boom in new airlift in recent months, with another carrier expanding to the destination: American Airlines. The world’s largest airline is adding a new route from Dallas-Fort Worth to St Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport. The new service will launch this spring, with […]

Sun Country Is Adding More Caribbean Flights

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Sun Country Airlines is expanding again in the Caribbean, with a pair of new routes to the region. The low-cost carrier has announced plans to launch new seasonal service from Dallas-Fort Worth to Montego Bay, Jamaica beginning May 24. The following day, Sun Country will launch new seasonal flights from […]

A New Way to Fly to Belize

By the Caribbean Journal staff Sun Country Airlines has added a new route to the Caribbean destination of Belize. The new route is the first-ever nonstop service between Minneapolis and Belize, having launched alongside similar new service from Minnesota to St Kitts. The new Belize flights are running once each week on Saturdays, operating seasonally […]

Sun Country Launches First-Ever St Kitts Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Sun Country Airlines touched down in St Kitts for the first time this week — helping to set a single-day record for the destination in the process. The first-ever flights from Minneapolis to St Kitts arrived on Dec. 22 — helping St Kitts see its largest number of flights and passengers in […]

Sun Country Launching Nonstop St Kitts Flights

By the Caribbean Journal staff Sun Country Airlines is at it again, this time with plans to launch new nonstop flights to St Kitts. The new seasonal flights will be the first ever service between Minneapolis/St Paul and St Kitts. That also means even more ways to get to neighboring Nevis. “We are pleased to […]