United Airlines has announced plans to operate flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Santiago in the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2014. The flights are subject to government approval.

Considering that effective connectivity is a critical factor in increasing the hub function of the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM), members of the Air Service Development Committee (ASDC) have called on regional airlines, LIAT and WINAIR to work together to achieve this goal.

Sunrise Airways, Haiti’s newest homegrown airline, and Tortola-based BVI Airways, recently announced that they have entered into a Subservice Flight Operations Agreement.

Cathay Pacific Airways has announced it will expand its freighter services into Latin America by launching a thrice-weekly scheduled service to Mexico City on March 1st 2014, subject to government approval.

British Airways will be increasing its service to Barbados at the end of this year. The new service, out of London’s Gatwick Airport, will see the addition of two new flights per week, from 10 to 12.