28 August 2009

BA doubles service to St Kitts

St Kitts will gain a second weekly British Airways flight next spring.

The additional service will fly every Tuesday from March 23.

BA will use 280-seat Boeing 777 in a three-class configuration with 40 Club World, 24 World Traveller Plus and 216 World Traveller seats.

The new flight, linked with Antigua, increases capacity to the destination while offering even greater flexibility to the duration of visitor nights.

The announcement came just eight months since the first BA scheduled service touched down in St Kitts.

The island’s tourism sports and culture minister Richard Skerrit said: ""I speak for our key partners, our hoteliers and all stakeholders involved in the tourism industry in St. Kitts & Nevis in welcoming this excellent news from British Airways at a time when there is still uncertainty in the industry; we are delighted that British Airways has had the confidence in our destination’s future growth to bring in two new flights in just 14 months.

"The UK is increasingly becoming an important market for St. Kitts with British Airways bringing in more than 4,000 passengers in the first half of 2009 alone."

BA head of UK and Ireland sales Richard Tams said: "We’re delighted to be increasing the number of flights into St Kitts.

"The island has been proving extremely popular with our customers thanks to its beauty; atmosphere and the warm welcome travellers receive.

"We now operate more flights into the Caribbean than any other carrier, serving 14 destinations with 55 flights a week and we remain committed to the region."

by Phil Davies