Airlines Boost Up Caribbean Flights for 2007

With the popularity of a Caribbean getaway increasing among consumers each year, airlines have again facilitated travelers by adding new flights and increasing the frequencies of existing schedules to the region.

By 2007, vacationers will be offered a wider variety of destinations as well as flight times to choose from when planning their Caribbean getaways. With increased service between many Caribbean countries, intra-Caribbean travel or ‘island hopping’ is easier than ever for travelers allowing them to experience multiple destinations during a single trip to the region.

Air Jamaica will increase flights to St. Lucia with continuing service to Barbados effective January 11 by providing nonstop flights from JFK International Airport (NY) to Hewanorra International Airport in St. Lucia every Sunday, Monday and Thursday.

American Eagle will ramp up service to Anguilla adding two daily flights departing from San Juan starting December 14, 2006. For its part, Continental will add a second weekly nonstop flight from Newark, NJ to Bonaire starting December 16, 2006.

As of January 1, Caribbean Airlines will be replacing BWIA West Indies Airways, which has served the Caribbean for 66 years. The first Caribbean Airlines flight will take off on the first as well.

Delta plans to add a daily nonstop flight from Atlanta to Santiago, Dominican Republic with connections via New York and New Jersey as well as a daily nonstop and one-stop flight from New York (JFK International Airport) to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic –the stopover will be in Atlanta- starting December 9.

The U.S. company also has plans in the pipeline to add a daily nonstop flight from Atlanta to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic beginning December 15, and nonstop service from Atlanta to Martinique every Saturday on December 16.