Delta Flight From Atlanta At St. Kitts Airport
Photo By Erasmus Williams
Basseterre, St. Kitts - Nevis
December 22, 2009 (CUOPM)
Delta Airlines begins its second weekly non-stop flight from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to St. Kitts on Wednesday.
The U.S. carrier’s mid-week non-stop flight to St. Kitts’s Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport, begins on December 23, 2009 and continues through April 7, 2010 for peak winter travel season, complementing Delta’s Saturday non-stop flights to St. Kitts.
Delta Air Lines flight DL573 departs Atlanta at 9:40 a.m. and arrives into St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport at 2:35 p.m.
The return flight DL574 departs St. Kitts at 3:35 p.m. and arrives into Atlanta at 7:14 p.m. These flight times allow for convenient round-trip connections from over 90 airports in the U.S. and Canada.
Volcanic Ash From Montserrat - South of Nevis
Photo Courtesy of NASA
Basseterre, St. Kitts - Nevis
December 20, 2009 (CUOPM)
While a major snow storm prevented American Airlines from operating its JFK-New York to St. Kitts flight on Sunday, a different act of God resulted in the cancellation of the Miami to St. Kitts flight.
Passengers to St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport were informed Sunday afternoon, that the falling ash from the volcano in Montserrat had resulted in the cancellation of their flight to St. Kitts.
The Communications Unit in the Office of the Prime Minster (CUOPM) has been informed of ongoing ash emissions from the Soufrière Hills Volcano in Montserrat.
“The Southeasterly wind flow at lower levels of the atmosphere may cause the volcanic ash to move over the islands. Volcanic ash has been already reported today to cause a drop in visibility, the density of the ash cloud will be of light to moderate,” a well informed source said.
Passengers at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport were also informed of the cancellations. ““All American Airline flights have been cancelled,” said an airline employee who answered the phone. American Eagle flight from San Juan was also cancelled.
Residents in St. Kitts and Nevis were also affected by the ash fall, hampering chores to get things in shape for the celebration of Christmas and Carnival.
In the United States, a major storm clawed its way up the East Coast on Sunday, crippling travel.
Around New York City, the brunt of the storm hit Long Island, with whiteout conditions. Nearly 25 inches was recorded in Upton by Sunday. Nearly 11 inches of snow fell on New York City by Sunday morning, and the storm could be the worst the city has seen since about 26 inches fell on Central Park in February 2006, National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Maloit said.
Airports in the Northeast that were jammed up in the storm Saturday were working their way back to normal operations. About 800 flights at the New York City area’s three major airports remained canceled despite clear conditions on the runways.
British Airways Passengers Arrive In St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams
Basseterre, St. Kitts - Nevis
November 25, 2009 (CUOPM)
The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Government’s tourism policy continues to reap dividends for the twin-island Federation with the announcement that British Airways is expected to bring 10,000 passengers to St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport by the end of the year and the numbers are expected to significantly increase in 2010.
This will be the highest number of visitors a weekly airline service has ever brought to St. Kitts over a 12-month period.
Minister of State, for Tourism, Sports & Culture, the Hon. Richard Skerritt said the BA arrival figures will surpass all expectations and the airline’s decision to begin operations to St. Kitts in these challenging market conditions, has proven to be a success.
This will be the largest number of visitors a weekly service has ever brought to St. Kitts over a 12-month period.
“We remain optimistic that passenger numbers will continue to increase well into 2010 as the travel business steadily regains momentum,” said Minister Skerritt in a statement released by the St. Kitts Tourism Authority.
According to advanced booking numbers, “we should reach the 10,000 BA passenger mark in December, and projections for 2010 are already looking promising.”
Minister Skerritt continued, “St. Kitts looks forward to being part of BA’s long-term Caribbean strategy and to continuing our special relationship.”
More than 10,000 passengers are expected to travel to St. Kitts from the UK during the first year since British Airways commenced operations in January 2009.
The figure will represent a 50 percent growth for the second half of 2009, after more than 4,000 passengers had travelled to St. Kitts on BA between January and June this year.
The growth in UK passenger numbers to St. Kitts is set to continue through 2010, following the start of BA’s second weekly service on 30 March 2010.
On the back of the new twice weekly BA service, the St. Kitts Tourism Authority has dedicated 2010 as ‘Celebrate St. Kitts’ year, to mark a programme of marketing and promotional initiatives, celebrating the key niche markets of Heritage, Culture, Sports and Cuisine.
The new mid week Tuesday flight will immediately increase capacity to St. Kitts while offering even greater flexibility to the duration of visitor nights.
British Airways will use a similar configuration to the existing Saturday flight with a three class, 280 seat Boeing 777 aircraft holding 40 Club World seats, 24 World Traveller Plus and 216 World Traveller seats.
