Antigua Sees Uptick in International Airlift

Air Canada made its return to Antigua this weekend as more United States and United Kingdom-based carriers are also adding flights this winter. 

That includes American Airlines, which will be operating an additional daily flight to Antigua from Miami, with the service beginning on Dec. 17.  American is also resuming daily flights to Antigua from New York-John F. Kennedy on Dec. 18. 

Delta Air Lines is expanding its flights from a weekly Saturday flight from Atlanta to Antigua to five flights each week beginning Dec. 18. 

That is no doubt a strong endorsement for the country’s tourism efforts. Antigua and Barbuda was one of the first Caribbean destinations to reopen for tourism amid the pandemic when it did so in the first week of June. 

British Airways will also be ramping up its flights to the destination, with the return of daily flights to Antigua on Dec. 11, running through January.  For the first time ever, British Airways will operate two flights on Dec. 19 and two flights on Dec. 26. 

Source: Caribbean Journal