by Brian Major
Last updated: 6:00 PM ET, Thu May 23, 2024
Two
key Caribbean travel destinations are poised to expand their air connectivity with U.S. cities.
Southwest
Airlines will launch daily nonstop flights between Orlando International
Airport (MCO) and the Cayman Islands’ Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) beginning
June 4.
The
new route, resulting from Southwest’s relocation of its hub from Fort
Lauderdale to Orlando, provides Southwest travelers with “an efficient
connection point from the West Coast and Mid-west region of the United States”
to the Cayman Islands, said Cayman Islands Department of Tourism (CIDOT) officials
in a statement.
The
new flights will operate daily, except from mid-August through October, when the
schedule will contract to Saturdays only, before daily service resumes in
November.
“We
congratulate Southwest on a successful move to Orlando and are happy that the
Cayman Islands’ seat capacity from Florida is stabilized,” said Rosa Harris, CIDOT’s
director.
“The
introduction of direct, daily flights from Orlando gives northern Floridians
the opportunity to explore more of what the Cayman Islands has to offer and
allows Cayman residents to explore Orlando's many parks and attractions,” she
said.
Meanwhile,
American Airlines will increase its nonstop services from Miami International
Airport (MIA) to Dominica’s Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM) from three times a
week to daily from June 5 through August 5 and from October 7 through March 31,
2025.
For
travelers using San Juan as a connecting point, Silver Airways offers codeshare
agreements with American Airlines, JetBlue, Delta and United. Silver offers six
weekly Dominica-San Juan flights, with inbound flights departing from Monday to
Saturday and outbound flights departing from Tuesday to Sunday.
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