VC Bird International Airport will serve as an important hub for UK based carrier British Airways, as the airline, on Sunday, launched their inaugural flight service from Antigua to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Leading the way in these increases is the country’s busiest airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, where the supply of seats has gone up by 12.3 percent to over 36 million this summer, and at the same time the 32 million at Barcelona-El Prat is 5.2 percent higher than last year.

The international aviation community has reacted swiftly to the tragedy involving the Germanwings crash earlier this week, and has begun to change policies to require two people in the cockpit at all times.

2014 saw an almost constant increase in the number of foreigners visiting Spain, and the first two months of 2015 seem to boast promising figures for Spanish tourism. January and February saw a marked increase of 9.2 percent more Britons travelling to Spain on low-cost airlines.

Volaris, the ultra-low-cost Mexican airline with the most extensive route network servicing Mexico and the US, announced a nonstop flight to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport from Guadalajara, starting July 15, 2015. The inaugural fare is starting at US $204.

FlyMontserrat is to resume its service between Antigua and Barbuda from Monday, March 30. The airline stepped in to help in December when SVG Air pulled out of Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda leaving passengers without service for six weeks in the peak season.