There aren’t many places in the Caribbean where you can leave Miami after breakfast and be standing on a white-sand beach before lunchtime. Bimini has always occupied a unique place in The Bahamas: close enough for a spontaneous escape, yet far enough away to feel like you’ve crossed into another world. The water is startlingly […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Swoop, the new low-cost carrier by Canadian airline WestJet, is launching its first flights to the Caribbean. The new service from the Toronto area’s Hamilton International Airport to Montego Bay, which launched Sunday, Dec. 16, is operating on Wednesdays and Sundays; it will run through April 24 of 2019, according […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Canadian carrier WestJet has appointed a new chief commercial officer. The airline has named Arved von zur Muehlen to the role; he will assume the job officially Jan. 2, 2019. He comes to the fast-growing carrier from Malaysia Airlines, where he had served in the same position. “Arved is an […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff WestJet’s new low-cost carrier, Swoop, is launching its first-ever nonstop flights to Mexico — including the Mexican Caribbean. Beginning in January, the carrier will launch twice-weekly flights from Hamilton to Puerto Vallarta, and thrice-weekly flights from Hamilton to Cancun. Swoop is also adding flights from Abbotsford International Airport to Puerto Vallarta […]
