BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts Tourism Authority today announces that American Airlines will be commencing a new flight from New York’s popular JFK International Airport to St. Kitts, the island’s first from this region.
The flight will operate twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Sundays, beginning on November 18, 2007.
American Airlines flight #2051 will depart JFK at 10:45 a.m. arriving into St. Kitts at 3:55 p.m. The return flight #2052 will depart St. Kitts at 5:05 p.m. arriving into JFK at 8:30 p.m.
American Airlines will use a 188 seat, 757-200 aircraft with 22 first class seats and 166 economy seats for these flights.
“This is a key step forward in developing our island’s tourism industry,” said Richard O. “Ricky” Skerritt, Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Sports & Culture for the Government of St. Kitts & Nevis. “The new flight from American Airlines enables us to better access the affluent tourism market of the Northeast US, making it easier and faster for travelers from that region to get to St. Kitts than ever before. Further, the flights are ideally timed so as to permit the maximum amount of time on island without requiring travelers to get to the airport too early or arrive home too late.”
