Trinidad-based regional airline Caribbean Airlines is set to launch a major new route next month, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The carrier will be launching new nonstop flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Barbados. 

The new route is slated to launch on April 1, according to the company, which operates both intra-Caribbean flights and service from North American cities.

This is a significant milestone for Caribbean Airlines, and reiterates our commitment to giving our customers options and access to regional and international destinations,” said Garvin Medera, CEO of Caribbean Airlines, in a statement. “This will further improve connectivity and expand our network which is one of our main objectives.”

The nonstop flight will operate one round-trip service each week, with flights from Barbados to New York on Thursdays and flights from New York to Barbados on Saturdays. 

The flight takes just under five hours. 

Barbados has been open for tourism since July 2020. You can find more about the island’s latest travel protocols here. 

For more, visit Caribbean Airlines. 

— CJ

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The highly anticipated reopening of AMResorts’ first-ever resort in the French Caribbean is now set for April 1, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The new Secrets St Martin, which had just debuted before the onset of the pandemic in March of last year, is taking reservations for an April 1 reopening. 

The new all-inclusive is a major new addition to the French side of the island, a dramatic transformation of the former Riu Palace St Martin on the island’s scenic Anse Marcel beach (that property was largely destroyed in Hurricane Irma). 

The new resort features a total of 258 suites along with six dining concepts and a spectacular oceanfront pool. 

It will be reopening under AMResorts’ CleanComplete safety and hygiene protocols. 

Despite a broader French border closure, the French side of St Martin is currently open for tourism, from its tiny boutique hotels like Karibuni to popular resorts like the Grand Case Beach Club. 

You can find more about visiting the French and Dutch sides of the island here. 

For more, visit Secrets St Martin. 

– CJ

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Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines has kicked off its Caribbean expansion out of Miami with new flights to St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. 

The new nonstop Miami-St Thomas flights are operating five times each week, with service on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. 

It’s another boost for the US Virgin Islands, whose tourism industry continues to show relative strength amid the pandemic compared to much of the Caribbean. 

That’s been buoyed by a strong set of tourism protocols launched last summer (you can find more here).

The destination is also exempt from the new CDC testing requirements, meaning if you visit the USVI you don’t need to take a test before you return to the mainland U.S.

That’s along with one of the most complete reopenings of any destination in the Caribbean, from luxury hotels like the transformed Ritz-Carlton, St Thomas to the always-popular Bolongo Bay Beach Resort and its legendary Iggies bar. 

The launch represents another new route for Frontier to St Thomas, following the carrier’s launch earlier this month of new flights from Orlando to St Thomas. That route is operating twice weekly. 

Frontier just launched another new route from Miami to the Caribbean, with four flights each week between Miami and Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic’s tourism hub. 

— CJ

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