JetBlue is adding more summer flights from New York JFK to Barbados with twice daily non-stop service for the period July 14 through Aug. 29, just in time for the island's sizzling summer festivities, including the annual Crop Over Festival.
British Airways (BA), American Airlines and Iberia said they will deliver more benefits to customers as schedules are coordinated across the North Atlantic and more destinations are launched in summer 2011. Effective March 27, American and BA created a transatlantic shuttle service between the top U.S.-U.K. routes by aligning the timing on their schedules.
Good news for both overseas property buyers and holidaymakers considering the Caribbean Island of St Lucia. From March 27, 2011 British Airways started daily flights from Gatwick to St Lucia, increasing their schedule from five times per week. The new flights are welcomed by property developers and second home owners at developments such as The Landings, a luxury marina development in the north of the island where 70% of their buyers have been British to date.
The Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus recently added to its national route network with the March 1 launch of new services from Mexico City to Ciudad Juarez, Culiacan, Torreon and Veracruz. On March 18, the company also incorporated new routes out of Guadalajara to Tuxtla Gutierrez and Villahermosa. The following week, additional routes from Mexico City to Merida were added and, starting March 25, Mexico City-Tampico.
United Continental Holdings, Inc. announced daily nonstop service between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Guadalajara, Mexico (GDL), beginning June 9, 2011, subject to Mexican government approval. The new service will be operated by Continental Airlines.
AeroMexico announced its latest investment program of $500 million to be carried out over a two-year period, including the addition of new aircraft to the fleet, as well as the launch of new routes to both Mexican and international destinations. In 2010, AeroMexico and its affiliate AeroMexico Connect increased its market share by 12 percent to cover 45 percent of the Mexican market.