by Brian Major
Last updated: 11:40 AM ET, Fri December 6, 2024
Delta Air Lines will re-launch seasonal service from
Detroit’s Wayne Country Airport to Lynden Pindling International Airport in The
Bahamas from December 21 through April 12, 2025. The route is being resumed
following a four-year pause due to the pandemic, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism,
Investments & Aviation officials said in a statement.
The resumed flights are part of an airlift expansion that
has supported “historic’ visitor growth across
the territory within the last year, said officials. The
Bahamas recorded a 16.3 percent increase in international air and sea arrivals between
January and September of 2024 compared with the same period last year.
To date, The Bahamas has hosted 8.38 million visitors in
2024; the country hosted 9.65 million visitors in 2023. “We have seen
tremendous growth in visitors since the start of 2024 and the destination is
committed to welcoming tourists to immerse and stay in paradise,” said Latia
Duncombe, the Ministry of Tourism’s director general.
Additional expanded service will come from American
Airlines, which recently launched daily flights to Grand Bahama International
Airport in Freeport from Miami International Airport. The service will increase
to twice daily beginning later this month.
American will also inaugurate Saturday flights between Charlotte
and Freeport, Orlando and Dallas Fort Worth to Nassau increased service begins
this month.
Additionally, the carrier will begin Saturday flights between
Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Freeport, and from Orlando International
Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Nassau beginning this
month, said Ministry officials.
The Bahamas is also poised to add to its accommodation options
before the decade’s end as mega-resort Baha Mar will add a
fourth luxury resort to its property by 2029. Groundbreaking for
the property, to be located on 12 beachfront acres with approximately 350 rooms
and 50 residences, will begin in 2026, said officials.
Tennis legend John McEnroe will open his first tennis
center at Baha Mar in December, said Ministry officials. The center will
feature eight tennis courts and six pickleball courts and host training clinics
and private lessons.
“We will remain
steadfast in our effort to bring more visitors and investment to The Bahamas
and expand flight and on-the-ground development offerings to satisfy the
growing demand in the destination,” said Chester Cooper, deputy prime minister
and minister of Tourism, Investments & Aviation.
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