Miami Air and Platinum Charters will soon be operating several flights into St Kitts during the ongoing winter season.
St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, speaking at a ceremony to sign the Agreement for the expansion of the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport last week, said he has been advised by the new Airport Manager, Mr. Denzil Jones, that with the start of the tourist season, several carriers, including US Airways and American Airlines, will also increase scheduled service to St. Kitts.
Germany´s low-cost airline Air Berlin is to step up its competition in the British marketplace by adding domestic UK routes to its schedule, and using London Stansted as a transfer hub.
It will be the first foreign airline to challenge existing carriers on routes within Great Britain when it launches new services from Glasgow and Manchester to London Stansted in December, as part of a major expansion in the UK.
Mexicana de Aviacion, Mexico´s first airline and leader in the international market, announced earlier this week the launch of a nonstop flight service between Mexico City and Miami, Florida.
Operated with modern Airbus A319 jetliners, the flights provide 12 seats in “Executive Class” and 108 seats in “Tourist Class.” The new route will operate daily departing for Mexico City at 7:00 a.m. and returning to Miami at 6:15 p.m.
People living in downtown Detroit can soon board a plane and head to the tropics for less than ten bucks.
Spirit Airlines is offering a special deal that lets Detroiters fly to Jamaica for $9 each way. Would-be travelers have been entitled to book their flights since November 7 and travel dates must be between November 10 and December 14.
Brazilian low-cost airline GOL started flights to Bolivia last Monday November 7 and will commence gliding to Uruguay´s Montevideo and Paraguay´s Asuncion before the end of 2005, company officials announced in Sao Paulo.
A spokesperson for the company also revealed that last May GOL got the green light to kick off regular commercial flights to Montevideo and Asunción, the capitals of Mercosur smaller country members.
Virgin Atlantic has issued an impassioned plea for a truly open skies agreement between the USA and European Union, in upcoming talks in Washington.
Chief Executive, Steve Ridgeway, urged the EU not to give in to proposals from the U.S. Department of Transportation. He gives warning that the US may be trying to fool the EU into an unbalanced deal.