ADDITIONAL JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHTS TO BOOST AIRLIFT TO TRINIDAD

Port of Spain, June 15, 2023: Tourism Trinidad is pleased to announce an increase in airlift from the United States with additional daily flights from American Airlines and JetBlue to Piarco International Airport.?Both airlines will now be flying into Trinidad twice daily providing an additional 2,738 seats per week to the North American market.

JetBlue is a major American low-cost airline and the seventh largest airline in North America by passengers carried. The airline is headquartered in New York City and operates over 1,000 flights daily. American Airlines is one of the largest carriers in the world when measured by scheduled passengers carried.

Currently American Airlines has one daily flight from Miami, with a seat capacity of one hundred and seventy-two persons per flight. Between January and April 2023, the airline brought 4,211 persons into Trinidad.

JetBlue will be commencing a "Red Eye" flight from New York on Friday June 16th until the first week in September 2023 while American Airlines will be commencing an additional flight from Miami on August 15th until September 5th, 2023.

Carla Cupid, Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Trinidad Limited said “this development is a testament to the increasing interest in our destination and the need for more airlift. JetBlue and American Airlines expanding its service will provide travelers from North America with more options and greater convenience when planning their trips. We look forward to working with both airlines to promote travel to Trinidad and provide visitors with unforgettable experiences.”

Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Senator the Honourable Randall Mitchell added, “this development is a positive one for tourism.?It is one of the many successful outcomes from the Routes Americas 2023 conference held in March, where we engaged in discussions with both airlines that sought to make air travel sustainable and create new routes and connections to and through Trinidad and Tobago.”

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, and Tourism Trinidad Limited along with the Airport Authority and our partner airlines will continue to implement strategies to improve air service into Trinidad and Tobago.

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