August 7, 2008

New St Maarten flight by Delta Airlines

Filed under: Press Release — Ronald @ 11:11

St Maarten — DELTA will introduce new Boeing 737-700 aircraft on the Atlanta - St. Maarten route effective December 20, 2008. . It will operate DL439/440 daily except Day 6 to cope with demand for the destination. The airline has added extra daily flights to Aruba and the Dominican Republic but only an extra weekly flight here. The Caribbean is a perennial favourite spot for tourists during the winter months, and Delta is making it easier and more convenient for customers to reach their preferred beach destination,” Miguel Lopez, regional director of Sales for Central America and the Caribbean for Delta said in the article.

Also effective December 20, 2008, 8th weekly service to St. Maarten will be added, operated by 737-700 as well.

DL439 ATL0945 - 1435SXM 73W x6
DL439 ATL0945 - 1435SXM 757 6
DL446 ATL1050 - 1540SXM 73W 6

DL440 SXM1535 - 1900ATL 73W x6
DL440 SXM1535 - 1900ATL 757 6
DL445 SXM1640 - 2005ATL 73W 6

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July 28, 2008

JetBlue Airways Launches Fall Sale While its CFO is Away.

Filed under: Caribbean News, St Maarten News, St Martin News — Ronald @ 17:17

ST MAARTEN, July 28, 2008 (BlueOceanVillas NEWSWIRE) — JetBlue Airways’ Chief Financial Officer, Ed Barnes, headed out on his annual vacation this morning unaware that the airline’s revenue management team would use the opportunity to give customers even greater low fares for its annual fall sale, which launches today. The ‘Jetters Will Play’ Sale is only available while Ed is away. Travel must be booked online at www.jetblue.com before Wed., August 6.

In addition to these fall sale fares, customers can also enter for the chance to win two roundtrip tickets each day to the following destinations during the ‘Jetters Will Play’ sweepstakes (b):

* Mon., July 28: Austin, TX * Tues., July 29: California * Wed., July 30: Chicago, IL * Thurs., July 31: Florida * Fri.-Sun., August 1-3: Nassau, Bahamas * Mon., August 4: New York * Tues., August 5: Puerto Rico * Wed., August 6: St. Maarten

One-way sale fares as low as $79 (a) are available between Austin, TX and Fort Lauderdale, FL or Long Beach/L.A., CA; or $99 (a) one-way between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Ponce or Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

New western routes are on sale between Long Beach and San Jose for $39 (a) or between Burbank and Las Vegas for $59 (a), or jet from Seattle to Long Beach for as little as $99 (a). Las Vegas to Salt Lake City is on sale for $44 (a); and one-way fares as low as $79 (a) are available from Long Beach to Portland, Oregon or $69 (a) to Sacramento.

Sale fares must be purchased by 11:59 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 and require up to a 7-day advance purchase. Travel to Northeast and Florida must take place between September 3, 2008 and December 17, 2008. Travel to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Western states must take place between August 11, 2008 and November 1, 2008. Blackout dates and other restrictions apply (a).

We have read on the Jetblue website, prices as low as $ 169 for a one way ticket to St Maarten …… What are you waiting for !!!!!!!

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July 24, 2008

New St Barth - St Maarten route

Filed under: Press Release, St Barth News, St Maarten News — Ronald @ 11:11

has announced that it will again offer flights between St Barth and St Maarten starting on July 15 in partnership with Tropical Airlines. (aka Air Antilles Express)

Air Antilles Express is an airline based in Guadeloupe. It is a regional airline operating scheduled services between the islands of the French West Indies and to St Lucia. Its services are operated by Air Guyane using 2 ATR 42 aircraft under the name of Air Antilles.

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June 11, 2008

Airline crisis finally wakes up St. Maarten Tourist Industry

Filed under: Press Release, St Maarten News — Ronald @ 10:10

Airline crisisFinally the government and stakeholders within the tourism industry have woken up to the looming crisis since the main carrier for the Island, AA, announced its cutback on regional Caribbean flights from its major hub, Puerto Rico. It is also rumored that AA will cut its daily flight from New York to 3 flights per week while uncertainty exists over the amount of daily Puerto Rico St. Maarten flights.

Tourism commissioner Roy Marlin finally acknowledged the turnoil in the airline sector as a “crisis” that can only be managed by all stakeholders being in agreement on the actions to be taken.

A series of meetings, starting next week between government and stakeholders, should result in the basis for a plan of action with as its main goal to lower airline operational expenses.

Since the St. Maarten government, with all its rules and regulations implemented over the past 8 months, is the major contributing factor for grounding of Winair planes (see yesterday’s article) and too many “cooks need the have a say” it it not expected that government and stakeholders will come to a resolution any time soon. Most certainly not with the same pro-activeness the US virgin Islands have displayed over the past couple of days.

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