One other main United States airline has launched direct weekly flights to Jamaica.
Over the weekend, United Airways had its first direct from Denver, Colorado in the US to the Sangster Worldwide Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The flight will now arrive at SIA each Saturday.
Industrial Enterprise Growth and Advertising Supervisor at MBJ Airports Restricted, Operators of SIA, Sharon Hislop-Holt, informed the media that the addition of the brand new flight is “big” for the ability.
“The convenience of connection for passengers means so much to us, so it’s at all times nice when we have now a direct flight, a brand new route, a brand new airline. It’s actually a momentous event right here for us,” she mentioned.
For his half, Station Supervisor for United Airways in Jamaica, Andrew Chambers, famous that the airline has launched into one of many largest plane orders on the planet, which made it attainable for the direct flight from Denver to Montego Bay.
“We name it United Subsequent, and this may make United Airways the biggest service internationally. We now fly a complete of 5 routes [to Jamaica], Newark, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Washington DC and now Denver. We have now a complete of 102 flights on a month-to-month foundation into Montego Bay,” Mr. Chambers knowledgeable.
Noting that no different direct United Airways flights are deliberate for the island, Mr. Chambers is hoping that with the excessive demand for the vacation spot, particularly Montego Bay, the variety of flights from the service will improve.
Extra new flights for Jamaica
A number of different airways might be laucnhing new direct flights to the island in brief order.
Starting on December 1, Norse Atlantic Airways from United Kingdom can have flights to Montego Bay and on December 9, the island will see direct flights from Jetlines Airline in Toronto, Canada.
As for United States carriers, American Airways has introduced plans to launch direct flights from Miami to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, come February 2024.
It was additionally introduced that low-cost service Southwest Airways might be providing a weekly flight from Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, to Jamaica. The flight will arrive in Montego Bay on Saturdays all through the winter season.
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Ed Bartlett mentioned the brand new developments make Jamaica essentially the most linked Caribbean island to the U.S.
“We cowl 18 gateways that join us to over 100 cities throughout the U.S. That makes Jamaica essentially the most linked Caribbean vacation spot to the US,” he famous.
Bartlett mentioned that the island is on observe to shut out the yr with some 2.9 million stopover guests and expressed optimism of surpassing the three-million mark in stopover arrivals subsequent yr, with earnings of greater than $4.5 billion.
