American Airlines melancarkan penerbangan tanpa henti baru dari JFK New York ke St. Kitts

Meneruskan pengembangan perkongsian destinasi syarikat penerbangan yang berjaya, American Airlines akan melakukan penerbangan tanpa henti mingguan kedua dari Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa John F. K (JFK) New York ke St. Kitts pada hari Rabu, sebagai pelengkap perkhidmatan Sabtu tanpa henti syarikat penerbangan yang ada dari JFK .

"Saya sangat gembira menyambut penambahan penerbangan pertengahan minggu ini oleh American Airlines," kata Hon. Lindsay FP Grant, Menteri Pelancongan, Perdagangan Antarabangsa, Industri dan Perdagangan. "Senang dapat menerima perkhidmatan tambahan ini dari rakan yang dihargai, yang memberikan pengunjung dan Diaspora lebih banyak cara untuk pergi ke pulau dari pasar sumber utama kami. Ini adalah bukti keyakinan Amerika terhadap produk pelancongan kami. "

Bermula pada 18 Disember 2019, American Airlines akan mengendalikan penerbangan dengan menggunakan Boeing 176 757 tempat duduk dengan 16 tempat duduk kelas perniagaan hingga Februari, dan kemudian Boeing 160 738 tempat duduk dengan 16 tempat duduk kelas perniagaan dengan jadual berikut: -

Depart Arrive

JFK 8:30 am SKB 1:40 pm
SKB 2:35 pm JFK 6:20 pm

* Catatan: Penerbangan disenaraikan dalam waktu tempatan dan jadual dapat berubah.

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.