AIR JAMAICA INCREASES AIR LIFT FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS
10/30/2007
Miami, Florida - October 30, 2007 - In preparation for the busy holiday season ahead, Air Jamaica announces today that it has added additional flights to handle the needs of increased travelers from December 15, 2007 through January 8, 2008.
Throughout the holidays and peak season travel times, Air Jamaica has added over 50 additional flights between New York JFK and Jamaica. The airline has increased its departures from JFK to Grenada to 6 weekly nonstop flights (departing every day except Wednesday) up from 4 weekly 1-stop flights. Passengers traveling to St. Lucia from JFK will benefit from 6 weekly 1-stop flights (every day except Wednesday), an increase from 3 weekly flights. Daily flights from JFK to Barbados (as well as daily flights through the airline’s Montego Bay hub with continuing service to Kingston) will continue as well.
Air Jamaica has also increased its connecting flights from Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and Philadelphia to the Caribbean from its hub in Montego Bay as follows:
In addition, flights from Newark to Montego Bay will continue on to Kingston with no change of plane during this time period.
For more information on Air Jamaica or to make reservations, please visit www.AirJamaica.com or call toll free 1-800-523-5585.
About Air Jamaica
Air Jamaica provides more non-stop flights to Jamaica than any other carrier with more than 300 flights per week from Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York (JFK), Orlando, and Philadelphia in the United States; Toronto in Canada; Air Jamaica also offers daily non-stop service between New York (JFK) and Barbados and direct service between JFK to both St. Lucia and Grenada. Air Jamaica also offers intra-regional service with flights between Jamaica and the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Grenada and St. Lucia. Air Jamaica also offers the only nonstop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Barbados every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Christina Brozek
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