Caribbean Aims to Boost Flights

In response to pent-up demand from the UK and Europe, Caribbean Star Airlines and Caribbean Sun Airlines made public this week the airlines´ plans to dramatically expand service.

Expansion will occur throughout the Caribbean, specifically between Guyana and Barbados; Port of Spain and Barbados; Antigua to St. Kitts and Barbados; Anguilla to St. Kitts and Antigua; and Barbados to St. Lucia, Grenada, Antigua, Georgetown and Port of Spain.

Caribbean Star Airlines is adding daily service from Georgetown, Guyana, to Bridgetown, Barbados, as well as retiming the existing flight schedule to allow roundtrip connections to London.

Boosting service by 33 percent, from nine to 12 daily departures, Caribbean Sun is adding three daily non-stop flights, for a total of five, from Port of Spain to Bridgetown, Barbados, with continuing service to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Caribbean Star´s Barbados service will be upped a significant 66.6 percent from 15 to 25 daily departures, including six to St. Lucia; two to Grenada; three to Antigua; two to Georgetown; and five to Port of Spain.

Antigua will experience increased services with Caribbean Sun adding a St. Kitts flight for a combined total of four daily roundtrips, while Caribbean Star is adding a nonstop flight to Bridgetown for a total of three daily.

Caribbean Star will increase to daily service from Anguilla to St. Kitts and direct service to Antigua.