Caribbean Airlines spreads its wings

Caribbean Airlines is rapidly increasing its network in the region. With the addition of St Kitts to its route network, the carrier is picking up the void left by the demise of other Caribbean operators.

Caribbean Airlines launched scheduled service to St Kitts from Trinidad via Antigua last month. It marks the first time that the airline has operated regular service to the destination, but this is not an unfamiliar territory as Caribbean’s predecessor BWIA once offered service to St Kitts.

The twice weekly service will be operated with ATR 72-600s, and is expected to increase to three times per week from August 22.

Caribbean has also recently added non-stop flights between Barbados and St Kitts.

St Lucia is seeing even more service with the launch of four times weekly service between the country’s smaller northerly airport and Barbados. There is clearly a market as InterCaribbean already operates 18 flights between the two islands, with St Maarten’s Winair joining the party with a weekly Saturday flight from August 19.

Caribbean will also join the competition between St Lucia and St Vincent, adding a once weekly flight alongside InterCaribbean and LIAT. Passengers can expect stiffer competition on flights between Dominica and Antigua from next week as both Caribbean Airlines and Winair are set to enter the market, each bringing two weekly flights between the islands. This would come in addition to the three weekly flights already operated by LIAT.