FT. LAUDERDALE – Air Jamaica announced on Wednesday, June 13 that it will inaugurate non-stop service between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and The Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados, starting July 22, 2007.
The flight will operate 3 days per week and offers new links from FLL to other islands in the Eastern Caribbean.
The new flight will operate non-stop in both directions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will open up more destination possibilities for consumers flying from Fort Lauderdale to the Eastern Caribbean.
Connections in Barbados will be on LIAT, the Caribbean Airline. Connections can be made to the islands of Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica, Martinique, Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis. Barbados-bound flights (JM 96) depart FLL at 9:40 a.m. and arrive BGI at 1:00 p.m. Fort Lauderdale-bound flights (JM 97) depart BGI at 1:50 p.m. and arrive FLL at 5:30 p.m.
In celebration of this new non-stop service, Air Jamaica is offering an introductory sale fare on this route of $378 round trip ($189 each way) plus taxes in economy class for travel between July 22 and December 15, 2007.
Tickets at this special rate must be purchased by June 28, 2007 and can be booked at www.airjamaica.com, through Air Jamaica’s toll-free reservations at 1-800-523-5585 or through a travel agent.
Paul Pennicook
“Based on the success of our non-stop flight from New York’s JFK to Barbados and the possibilities it offers travelers from the Northeast, we believe providing this regular non-stop service to consumers in the Southeast will be equally successful,” says Paul Pennicook, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Air Jamaica.
“We are excited to provide this new non-stop service making it easier for vacationers, business people and Caribbean Nationals to get to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from South Florida.”
Pennicook said that Air Jamaica will operate Airbus A-320 service on the new non-stops with 138 seats in Economy and 12 in Executive Business Class.
