Sun Country Airlines to Start St. Kitts Service Later this Year

Sun Country Airlines out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, will begin regularly scheduled non-stop flights into the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (RLB) International Airport in St. Kitts, says Minister of Tourism, Honorable Lindsay Grant, at a sitting of National Assembly on September 06.

This will be the first time there will be a nonstop service out of the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. Minister grant explained that flights more or less come from the Eastern seaboard. This new flight will give persons in the Midwestern region the opportunity to connect non-stop into St. Kitts and Nevis.

The service will begin on December 22, 2018, and will run until April 20, 2019. It will be a once per week flight on Saturdays.

Minister Grant explained that the main reason that the Midwestern flight is being engaged is because of the collaborative efforts between the St. Kitts Tourism Authority and the Nevis Tourism Authority.

There has always been a drive to increase airlift to the Federation, said the minister, adding that airlift can be economically beneficial to flyers.

Minister Grant said that it is hoped with the advent of more airlifts and competition there will be a decrease in rates.

Additionally, he stated that there is approximately six million persons of medium to high net worth in the Mid-western region of the US and it is expected that some of those persons in that region will be captured by both the Nevis and St. Kitts market.

He also said that the Federation is pleased to welcome Sun Country Airlines and that it will augur well for both St. Kitts and Nevis.

Source: ZIZ (St. Kitts & Nevis)