By the Caribbean Journal staff

Leading Caribbean regional carrier Seaborne Airlines has officially moved into a new terminal location at San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.

Seaborne’s new main check-in counter and passenger boarding gates have both moved, with the check-in now in Terminal B, and the arrival/departure gate at Concourse B2A.

The moves were celebrated with an opening ceremony on Tuesday.

The opening ceremony at Concourse B2a.

“We are thrilled to be making this move that will provide an enhanced travel experience for our customers,” said Seaborne Vice President of Airports Susana Castro.  “The new location is far more convenient for both nonstop and connecting flights on Seaborne and for those connecting to our code share and interline partners, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways.  We appreciate the opportunity to upgrade our facilities at SJU and would like to thank our codeshare partners, Aerostar, and of course the hardworking men and women of Seaborne Airlines for making this possible.”

It’s a more prominent, fresh location for the carrier, which was recently acquired by U.S.-based airline Silver Airways.

“With our recent acquisition by Silver Airways, there are many more exciting things on the horizon for Seaborne, our valued guests, our crew members, and the Caribbean communities we serve,” added Castro.

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

It’s getting easier than ever to get to the heart of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The island of St Thomas is seeing a major boost in service, both expanded flights and relaunched routes, with the centerpiece a new thrice-weekly route on Spirit from Orlando set to begin Nov. 8.

American Airlines, which already serves St Thomas twice daily from Miami, will begin daily service from Charlotte to St Thomas beginning Nov. 4, according to a statement from the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism.

St Thomas.

American will additionally be resuming flights from Philadelphia to St Thomas beginning Dec. 19, and between New York and St Thomas on Dec. 22.

That’s not all, though — United will offer daily nonstop flights from Washington Dulles International Airport and St Thomas this winter, with JetBlue set to resume its daily Boston-St Thomas flights from Feb. 14-April 22, 2019.

The Marriott Frenchman’s Cove in St Thomas.

It’s a huge lift for St Thomas and the wider destination, which has been working to make a recovery from last year’s hurricanes.

Indeed, more than 50 percent of all accommodations in the U.S. Virgin Islands are open and accepting guests, with a total of 1,050 rooms now available on St Thomas across hotels, bed and breakfasts, timeshares and resorts, with another 600 units available on St Croix and another 150 rooms on St John.

That’s along with 830 Airbnb listings available in St Thomas, 250 in St John and 350 in St Croix, according to tourism officials.

— CJ

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