With the launch of service from Guadeloupe-based airline, Air Antilles, in December, Antigua and Barbuda is set to ramp up its regional airlift this winter season. The French airline will introduce new routes, with twice weekly services on Monday and Friday from Barbados and St. Lucia. The inaugural flights are scheduled to land at Antigua’s V.C. Bird International Airport, with passengers disembarking a non-stop flight from Barbados, and a one-stop from St. Lucia, effective December 17, 2021.
Air Antilles will also launch a direct non-stop service twice per week, on Wednesday and Sunday, to Antigua from St. Maarten, with connection to Guadeloupe. This service will provide a resumption in airlift to the neighboring French Caribbean islands, which are key regional markets for Antigua.
The Air Antilles partnership will also extend the destination’s reach into the Dutch-speaking Caribbean, with one-stop flights from Antigua via St. Maarten to Aruba and Curacao. In addition to greater regional access, Air Antilles through its Caribsky Alliance and code share flights with major airlines such as Air France, Corsair International and WINAIR, brings improved connectivity to the French Antilles, with onward connections to Europe.
Antigua will receive Air Antilles flights from Pointe-à-Pitre on Wednesday and Sunday via St. Maarten; from Fort-de-France on Wednesday and Sunday via St. Maarten/Pointe-à-Pitre; from Barbados on Monday and Friday; from St. Maarten on Wednesday and Sunday; from Dominica on Monday and Friday via Barbados/St Lucia and on Wednesday via St. Maarten; and from St. Lucia on Monday and Friday via Barbados.
Flights from Antigua will head to Pointe-à-Pitre every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday via St. Maarten; to Fort-de-France on Monday and Friday via Pointe-à-Pitre/St. Maarten; to Barbados on Wednesday and Sunday; to St. Maarten on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; to Dominica on Wednesday and Sunday via St. Lucia/Barbados; and to St. Lucia on Wednesday and Sunday via Barbados.
For further information, visit www.airantilles.com.
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