Canadian travel giant Sunwing is planning a relaunch of several routes to Cancun beginning next month, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The company will be relaunching service to Cancun from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton beginning Jan. 9. 

All of those routes will operate weekly on Saturdays. 

“We are thrilled to be resuming flight service from Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton,” said Andrew Dawson, President of Tour Operations for Sunwing. “Western Canada is a very important market for us and we’re committed to providing our customers on the west coast with convenient vacation packages to sunny destinations. We’re looking forward to bringing more Canadians back to paradise under our wing, and being able to offer more vacation choices as the season progresses.”

It’s part of a broader Mexico relaunch for Sunwing, which will also be resuming service from Edmonton to both Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan beginning Dec. 26. 

Both of those routes will be operating weekly on Saturdays. 

Sunwing said it would be operating the routes using a “combination of seats contracted from third-party carriers as well as Sunwing Airlines. 

— CJ

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Caribbean airline LIAT has resumed its commercial schedule, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The carrier, which is currently under administration, will be operating flights to a “limited number of destinations,” according to a company statement. 

That will include flights on five days per week to seven destinations, including Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and St Vincent. 

“The limited schedule of flights will return connectivity to these destinations which were impacted by the airline’s suspension of commercial services,” LIAT said in a statement. 

The carrier will be adding other destinations to its December schedule in the near future, according to the company. 

LIAT is being restructured following a decision by the government of Antigua and Barbuda to reorganize the airline.

For more, visit LIAT. 

— CJ

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American Airlines is expanding its Caribbean pre-testing program to the US Virgin Islands, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

Starting Dec. 9, American Airlines will be the first airline to launch pre-flight testing on flights from the U.S. to the US Virgin Islands. 

“As we continue to reopen travel throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, we have been looking for ways to simplify our customers’ travel experience. Our preflight testing program and our recently launched mobile app trial are essential tools that will help our customers return to the skies,” said Juan Carlos Liscano, Vice President of Operations for Miami, the Caribbean and Latin America. “American is the leading U.S. airline in the region and we are committed to helping restart travel and tourism in the countries we serve.”

That will include flights to St Thomas from Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Chicago and Philadelphia, along with flights from Miami and Charlotte to St Croix. 

American is offering an at-home testing option ahead of flights in partnership with a company called LetsGetChacked, with results typically received within 48 hours on average. (Here’s more on the AA program)

American Airlines launched its pre-flight testing program in the Caribbean in October, and now offers pre-flight testing on all of its flights from the United States to Belize and Grenada, Saint Lucia.

“The US Virgin Islands is pleased to announce its participation in the preflight COVID-19 testing program offered by American Airlines through LetsGetChecked. Through this initiative, we continue to demonstrate our commitment to keeping our residents and visitors safe and healthy during the coronavirus pandemic,” said Joseph Boschulte, Commissioner of Tourism for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“This easy-to-use, at-home solution adds another layer of protection and confidence for those traveling to the Territory, allowing them to focus on their unique reasons for choosing the USVI,” he said.

You can find more on the US Virgin Islands’ testing protocols at the USVI Travel Portal. 

— CJ

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