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ST. MICHAEL, Barbados (Friday, October 30, 2020) — Guadeloupe-based regional carrier, Air Antilles, has increased its commitment to Barbados, by offering eight weekly flights from Barbados to St. Lucia; and four weekly flights from Barbados to Dominica. Founder and owner ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, October 22, 2020) — Saint Lucia is welcoming back Canadian visitors to its shores this fall, starting November. The first flight, Air Canada Vacations, will depart from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, after nearly eight months of no ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, October 16, 2020) — Effective today, Canada has been placed in the high risk category in the latest update of Barbados’ travel protocols, in response to an uptick of COVID-19 cases in the North American country. According ...

By Rumina Dhalla Guest Writer Despite unrelenting pressures from passenger rights advocates, intense media scrutiny and strident demands from passengers, Canadian airlines have remained largely immutable in refusing to issue cash refunds for cancelled flights. Passengers are offered future travel vouchers ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – The State-owned air carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), announced, it will resume its regional and international operations, from July 6, on a phased basis, out of its hub in Jamaica. ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, June 16, 2020 (CMC) – The Grenada government announced, today, it will re-open the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) on July 1, as the country recovers from the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that forced it to ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, June 16, 2020 (CMC) – The St. Lucia Air and Seaport Authority (SALSPA) said work has started on the multi-million dollar project to rehabilitate the Hewanorra International Airport (HIA), in the south of the island, more than ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica June 13, 2020 — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, announced that the hospitality industry is ready to receive an estimated 6,000 visitors, who are expected to arrive in the island, between June 15 and 30, as the government ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 4, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Transport Minister, Robert Montague, says that airport development projects will be undertaken, as part of an initiative to improve and expand the island’s aviation industry. Montague, in opening the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 1, 2020 (CMC) – The government plans to reopen the country’s ports of entry for the repatriation of Jamaicans, on Monday, and to international travellers on June 15. The announcement was made to tourism stakeholders, in a ...