Air Jamaica Resumes Flights to Eastern Caribbean

Air Jamaica has returned to the Eastern Caribbean on April 16 with six weekly flights to Grenada and Barbados from Kingston, Jamaica, and New York, but still there are other destinations to which it has not resumed its service.

On March 18 Air Jamaica suspended flights to the region due to an accelerated maintenance schedule required by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority that acted following an order of the US Federal Aviation Agency.

The authority had insisted that the airline immediately reduce its maintenance cycle from 18 months to 15 months. As a result, the number of available aircraft available was significantly reduced, which caused a shortage of equipment on the Eastern Caribbean routes.

Three weekly flights will operate Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from New York to Grenada, Barbados and Kingston; the reverse flights will operate Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Connections from Grenada and Barbados can be made to New York and Los Angeles through Jamaica on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The suspension of flights to St. Lucia will continue, due to the availability of aircraft still restricted, according to Dr. Vincent Lawrence, executive chairman of Air Jamaica.