New Venezuelan Airlines Begins Service to Barbados

The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) is expecting a positive stream of visitor arrivals from South America following the commencement of the Linea Turistica Aerotuy charter service to Barbados from Caracas.

The 46-seater ATR-42 aircraft arrived on Thursday July 23, via Margarita Island, after departing Caracas at 5:30 a.m. The twice weekly service will also leave Barbados on Sundays at 9:30 p.m. Then from August 1 until December the schedule will be adjusted with flights arriving on Mondays and Thursdays.

The BTA began building anticipation among key media trade partners in Venezuela around the service as early as March 2009 when Christian-Clarke hosted a team from Venezuela including journalists, travel agents and tour operators who were all given a comprehensive tour of Barbados’ accommodation, golf, heritage and culinary product.