Nastavljajući širenje uspješnog partnerstva između avio-odredišta, American Airlines će srijedom leteti drugim nedeljnim direktnim letom sa njujorškog međunarodnog aerodroma John F. K (JFK) do St. Kittsa, nadopunjujući postojeću neprekidnu subotnju uslugu prijevoznika iz JFK-a .
„Veoma sam zadovoljan što mogu pozdraviti dodavanje ovog leta sredinom sedmice od strane American Airlinesa“, rekao je Hon. G. Lindsay FP Grant, ministar turizma, međunarodne trgovine, industrije i trgovine. “Divno je dobiti ovu dodatnu uslugu od cijenjenog partnera, koji posjetiteljima i dijaspori pruža više načina da dođu do ostrva sa našeg primarnog tržišta. Ovo je dokaz američkog povjerenja u naš turistički proizvod.”
Počevši od 18. decembra 2019. godine, American Airlines će do februara obavljati let koristeći Boeing 176 sa 757 sjedišta sa 16 sjedišta u poslovnoj klasi, a zatim Boeing 160 sa 738 sjedišta sa 16 sjedišta u poslovnoj klasi sa sljedećim rasporedom:
Depart Arrive
JFK 8:30 am SKB 1:40 pm
SKB 2:35 pm JFK 6:20 pm
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Racquel Brown, CEO of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, added, “The timing of this additional flight is particularly significant, as American just launched summer non-stop service from Dallas this past weekend and expanded twice-daily service from Miami International Airport (MIA) to 5 days a week in 2017. The addition of mid-week service year-round from the New York metropolitan area indicates a growth in the marketplace concurrent with our marketing initiatives. This new service is part of our specific strategy to grow our tourism industry by building out airlift from select target gateways with our air partners to support the destination’s expanding hotel product.”
American Airlines is the carrier operating the most seats into St. Kitts. In addition to the new Wednesday non-stop service from JFK, American also serves St. Kitts non-stop on Saturdays from JFK and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) year-round. The carrier also flies to St. Kitts non-stop on Saturdays from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in the summer, with service having just launched May 25, 2019. American further provides year-round, non-stop daily service to St. Kitts from MIA, with twice-daily flights operating five times weekly (Wednesday through Sunday).
American’s new Wednesday JFK flight provides extra capacity to carry passengers to island, thereby supporting potential air arrivals growth for St. Kitts for 2020. Already for the first four months of 2019, St. Kitts is reporting a systemwide increase in air passenger arrivals of +14.5% as compared to the same period in 2018. From all North American carriers, St. Kitts’ air passenger arrivals increased +17.2% for January through April 2019 as compared to the same period in 2018.
