By Stephen Weir
Goodbye summer season, hiya to the brand new fall and winter journey season. With the arrival of October, 4 airways have already introduced their new 2024 and 2025 flight schedules, together with routes to Dominica, Guadeloupe, and the Bahamas.
First out of the block was United Airways, which introduced a brand new continuous flight from New York/Newark to Dominica’s Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM). Starting on February 15, 2025, service from Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (EWR) will function on Saturdays, marking the second continuous flight route from america to Dominica.
“Sure, Canadians can join by means of Newark, which is roughly an hour’s flight from Toronto, after which go on to Dominica,” stated Jerry Grymek, Dominica’s Canadian spokesman from LMA Communications, in an interview with The Caribbean Digital camera concerning the New Jersey flights. The launch of the brand new New York/Newark to Dominica flight coincides with Dominica’s iconic Mas Domnik Carnival, set for March 3-4, 2025, generally known as the “Actual Mas.”
This resolution by United Airways follows intensive renovations and upgrades at Douglas-Charles Airport, together with a runway extension. These enhancements enable Dominica to deal with bigger plane, improve security, and scale back the chance of flight cancellations. Moreover, the terminal has been upgraded to extend capability and enhance general operational effectivity.
Trinidad-based Caribbean Airways just lately introduced that new service to Martinique will begin on December 3, adopted by new flights to Guadeloupe starting on December 7. Flights will function 4 instances weekly to each locations.
These new routes imply that by early December, Caribbean Airways could have efficiently elevated connectivity between the French, Spanish, Dutch, and English Caribbean. Earlier this yr, the airline launched flights to Puerto Rico, and repair to Tortola, British Virgin Islands, is ready to start quickly.
Within the Bahamas, American Airways will resume flights to Freeport starting tomorrow. They may provide each day service to and from Miami, and beginning in November, the airline will improve to twice-daily flights and introduce a Saturday service between Charlotte and Freeport. Final month, Bahamasair elevated its capability on the Freeport to Fort Lauderdale route, guaranteeing continued airlift into the island from the Florida market.
