Tag: Caribbean

JetBlue expands its presence in the Caribbean with new service to St. Kitts and Nevis

JetBlue today announced it has officially launched service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and St. Kitts and Nevis’s Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport (SKB), with the first flight arriving in St. Kitts this afternoon. St. Kitts service will operate...

Arajet, new airline in Caribbean, orders 20 737 MAX Jets

Boeing and Arajet has announced that the new Caribbean airline has ordered 20 737 MAX airplanes, specifically the high-capacity 737-8-200 model, to deliver low operating costs and expand affordable travel options in the Americas. Arajet also has options to purchase 15 additional 737 MAX jets wh...

Virgin Atlantic to restart services to Tobago

Virgin Atlantic to restart services to Tobago

Virgin Atlantic is continuing to expand its portfolio of flights to the Caribbean as it relaunches its twice weekly services to Tobago, with fares from as little as £389 per person. From 29th January, the route will resume from London Heathrow to the island of Tobago, departing every Tuesday and...

Ava Airways selects Moment for Wireless IFE

Travelers flying the network of cities and regional destinations across the Caribbean, served by Ava Airways, can soon enjoy wireless in-flight entertainment (W-IFE) on board from Moment. The European specialist of digital in-flight services will be providing its 360° wireless IFE solution Flymi...

Oriole plans to become Jamaica’s newest airline

Oriole Limited plans to become the newest airline in Jamaica. The start-up carrier plans to launch LCC operations in March 2021, flying domestically and across the Caribbean. Chairman Aloun Ndombet-Assamba says the comapny is backed by investors from Jamaica and Europe, with veteran Keith Kerr j...

Getting to know Guyana: a pre-flight celebration at JFK

Getting to know Guyana: a pre-flight celebration at JFK

On a typical day, Customer Service Manager Vanita Jagnarain is busy supporting her team and helping customers on the concourses of Terminal 8 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. More recently, however, she put on a different hat in an effort to help educate our customers and fell...

Two bidders remain for acquisition of Nassau Flight Services

Two bidders remain for acquisition of Nassau Flight Services

The race to purchase ground handling company Nassau Flight Services (NFS) has seen three bidders reduced to just two, according to reports in the Tribune. Key presentations from the remaining bidders will take place on Tuesday for the state-owned, Bahamas based company, to a committee tasked wit...

GCG Ground acquires ground services provider Caribbean Dispatch Services

GCG Ground acquires ground services provider Caribbean Dispatch Services

Latin American ground handling service provider GCG Ground has expanded its business with the acquisition of Caribbean Dispatch Services (CDSL) in St Lucia. CDSL provides a full suite of ground handling services at Hewanorra International Airport in St Lucia, for the likes of Air Canada, British...

Menzies Aviation extends ground handling licence in Sint Maarten

Menzies Aviation extends ground handling licence in Sint Maarten

Menzies Aviation has extended a ground handling licence at Princess Juliana International Airport, on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten. The five-year extension will see Menzies deliver ground handling offering up until December 2026 and will represent over 7,700 aircraft turns per annum for...

JetBlue relocates in Houston and adds new routes from New York

JetBlue relocates in Houston and adds new routes from New York

JetBlue Airways has relocated its daily flights to Boston and New York JFK from Houston after switching its base from William P. Hobby Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The airline’s operations in Houston will be changed later this year. The final day of flying at Hobby Airport ...

American grows its network to the Caribbean and Central America

American grows its network to the Caribbean and Central America

American Airlines has enhanced its route network from New York after adding three new links to the Caribbean and Latin America. The carrier will add services from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) beginning in November and December. On 21 November, American will launch ...

American Airlines adds flights to the south

American Airlines adds flights to the south

American Airlines has added a raft of new services to the south including two new destinations to Mexico network - Huatulco (HUX) and Acapulco (ACA). American will also add a new flight to Chihuahua (CUU) in addition to five new Caribbean and eight new domestic routes. “As we looked at our...

Canada Jetlines to start routes to airports in the Dominican Republic

Canada Jetlines to start routes to airports in the Dominican Republic

Canadina low-cost carrier Canada Jetlines is to provide future routes to several sun destinations in the Dominican Republic including Puerto Plata, Samaná, and Santo Domingo. The carrier has reached an agreement with Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) to provide future service to Puerto...

Spirit Airlines adds three more routes from Orlando

Spirit Airlines adds three more routes from Orlando

Spirit Airlines had added three more routes from Orlando International Airport – two to the Caribbean island of Jamaica and one to Denver. Starting 28 February, 2019, Spirit will begin a four-weekly service from Orlando to Montego Bay, Jamaica and a daily Denver, Colorado service. Just a few da...

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