No surprise, questions are being raised about KX's poor loads on it's BGI-GCM route. ******* Barbados route questioned as low passenger counts revealed Cayman Airways CEO: Route is 'viable' By Reshma Ragoonath -April 9, 2024 Cayman Airways’ Barbados-Cayman route has averaged just 34 passengers a fl...
Jump to postWhat’s the status of the runway work being done in POS? Were they able to complete it at the end of March as initially planned? Have night flights (post 10pm) returned? The runway work was finished, and night flights have returned to normal. They are now doing work on a phase basis on taxiways, now...
Jump to postIn 2020, BW proposed a milk route from SJU to POS with multiple stops including EIS, SXM, SKB, ANU, PTP, DOM, and BGI. One of the routes proposed included a SJU-PTP nonstop, which currently is unserved since the desmise of Air Antilles. I believe that the milk route should be eventually extended fr...
Jump to postIn 2020, BW proposed a milk route from SJU to POS with multiple stops including EIS, SXM, SKB, ANU, PTP, DOM, and BGI. One of the routes proposed included a SJU-PTP nonstop, which currently is unserved since the desmise of Air Antilles. I believe that the milk route should be eventually extended fr...
Jump to postBW has just posted a job for Airport Manager for PTP and FDF, so it is looking like these routes are going to start very soon. Are they planning on flying them nonstop from POS or as a tag-on from BGI, SLU or some krher intermediate point. From what was presented last year, those routes would be ta...
Jump to postBW has just posted a job for Airport Manager for PTP and FDF, so it is looking like these routes are going to start very soon.
Jump to postCayman Auditor General says Cayman Airways needs to come up with realistic strategy and budget as it continues to generate losses even with government subsidies. The government provided the carrier more than $150 mill in funding over the last 5-years, and while the airline helps national goals for ...
Jump to postB6 has also struggled with their OTP it's the norm for them to be delayed than on time. I know lots of Bajans have been calling for a return of the FLL service and I think it could work with the A220 but B6 has bigger issues at hand. B6 previously had about 5 flights into BGI on Saturdays they are ...
Jump to postWhen did B6 launch JFK-BGI, about October 2009 I think. Since then the market to BGI has grown to such an extent that there will be more carriers from JFK and even UA, historically poor to the eastern Caribbean, flies from EWR and IAD. So well done by the Barbados Tourist board for getting addition...
Jump to postUA in BGI update: EWR-BGI goes daily from March 7th, 737-900ER (37K) until the end of May. Then it’ll pick up to daily again starting mid-December. IAD will continue to be weekly year-round Sundays using the 737-800 (73Q/Y), though lately they've swapped to the -900 as well. Just looking at some ra...
Jump to postCM will increase POS-PTY to 10w on June 5th, the second flight will be operated with the 73G, while they will have daily 7M9. Didn't JM also use the A310 to LHR? I seem to recall seeing one back then. Yes, JM did use the A310 on its LHR flights which were resumed after (I think) a 12-year break. Pro...
Jump to postThe plan was to run the A340 on the POS-GEO-JFK route 4 per week, as well as complimenting with some POS-YYZ flights 2 per week. BW only had 1 A340 from Jun 2002-Feb 2004 when JIL(ex VS) came into the fleet. Quite off-topic JM, which had three leased 343s, started to operate KIN-JFK about 22 years ...
Jump to postApparently, its business model makes money. That seems to be the big difference from NK and F9. NK and F9 have a proven business model. Their woes have more to do with unprecedented rapid expansion, consumer service woes, etc. Isn't the expansion part of the business model (and in some ways, the cu...
Jump to postThe ZRH flights were, IIRC, weekly for the Kuoni tourists, being POS-UVF-ANU-FRA-ZRH. BW flew to other European destinations. There was POS-BGI-MAN and in early 2005 weekly PIK and BFS flights were added from MAN with routeings being POS-BGI-MAN-PIK-BGI-POS and POS-BGI-MAN-BFS-BGI-POS. These were o...
Jump to postWho will be the first Caribbean airline to actually make leisure routes work? Define “make work”. BW has flown JFK-MBJ for years. They are dwarfed on the route by other carriers but they still have operated it for quite some time. Ehhh I mean that's technically a VFR route. I mean like a PHX-MBJ or...
Jump to postDelta tries it hands on ATL/BGI and JFK/BGI service again. Congrats to Barbados on securing this new service. ATL/BGI would be daily while JFK/BGI would be 1 day a week. https://thriftytraveler.com/news/airlines/delta-new-mexico-caribbean-routes/ Let's see how long they last this time, given B6's r...
Jump to postCaribbean Airlines new Uniform https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/420626561_928829315574376_9110344094937777826_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3635dc&_nc_ohc=Ndw9o3BmZscAX_dYo8A&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDwIQeL2x_eSVH7jVCWflrd81...
Jump to postToday marks the end of an era LI 1974's last flight operated today. It's sad to see LI leave the skies, and I am not sure how the proposed Liat 2022 is supposed to survive in an environment that will be challenging. https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/422169143_905080638285236_273897...
Jump to postRobertS975 wrote:
Well Tonight BW launched its new uniform, which should be advertised tomorrow on their Facebook page. Some more info is coming from tonight's occasions: 1) Airline made an operating profit of US$24M for 2023 2) New regional routes coming in 2024: SJU, EIS and FDF starting this year. 3) The airline i...
Jump to postWhy did intercaribbean wetleased a crj700 instead of adding additional dry leased emb145 to their fleet? I believe it was said they are going to take another E145 this year, I can remember where that info come from, maybe a business paper last year. The fleet to me is a little more complex than it ...
Jump to postJY is launching KIN-BGI effective Feb 6th with the CRJ700, despite their initial disaster of an operation I must say JY is really building out a decent network. Let's see how CAL/BW will react to this....they typically respond with their own non-stop service. Now sure what they can do at the moment...
Jump to postNorse will significantly scale back their BGI and MBJ flights to once weekly for the rest of the winter season. They really shot themselves in the foot with all their schedule changes and cancellations That is unfortunate but somewhat predictable, Norse is not that well known in the Caribbean sun a...
Jump to postA Happy New Year to everyone in the Caribbean Aviation community here on a.net. Hope for another robust year of discussions and progress in the Caribbean.
Jump to postDoes the E175 have the range to do a POS-IAD run? Not with a profitable payload. E175 has a max range of 2200nm, POS-IAD is 1950nm in the great circle, when you take into account winds, payload, routing and etc there is no way to operate the a/c on that route. The only way is from either KIN or ANU...
Jump to postdanipawa wrote:Sky High inaugurated SDQ-STX today, MIA-STI yesterday, E190 service
Following up on the Norse LGW-BGI route, the airline's newest route LGW-MBJ had a starting load of 188pax, very similar to BGI. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/low-cost-airline-norse-atlantic-airways-launches-inaugural-flight-to-montego-bay/ On another note, anyone knows how utilized th...
Jump to postFollowing up on the Norse LGW-BGI route, the airline's newest route LGW-MBJ had a starting load of 188pax, very similar to BGI.
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest- ... ntego-bay/
Intercaribbean to fly to OGL in Guyana. https://demerarawaves.com/2023/12/04/intercaribbean-prepares-to-fly-to-eugene-f-correia-ogle-airport/ Based on this they are ditching GEO for OGL I wonder what they'll do with the E145's that would free up. I don’t see why they would continue to fly to GEO bu...
Jump to postNorse Atlantic flights to Barbados (BGI) and Jamaica (MBJ) today from LGW. https://x.com/flynorse/status/1730597073261654507?s=20 Just a bit over 160 pax on the BGI inaugural I'm guessing that's pretty disappointing. Norse Atlantic has spent two years plannung the route but having a load factor of ...
Jump to postMissed opportunity for BW. Really wonder what happened to the IAH route after they launched the route and dropped it so soon after. Lack of aircraft was probably a factor as well as the focus on the ATR fleet ramp up but this should have been a route they placed some importance on to remain relevan...
Jump to postUA will be adding 4w IAH-GEO flights from April 1st https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-expands-in-houston-with-2-6b-terminal-project-state-of-the-art-baggage-system-new-club-and-thousands-of-new-jobs-302002015.html Those energy contract in IAH are really clicking, it will be interesting...
Jump to postBarbados to cover revenue shortfalls on new CAL (Cayman Airways) route - https://www.caymancompass.com/2023/11/24/barbados-to-cover-revenue-shortfalls-on-new-cal-route/?fbclid=IwAR3izMDRuDbegfLeONoc_8ih-NYZ-ZaEbSNIpsXdm1JKnGNL_wXKoMmAHx0 Now it makes more sense. It will be interesting to see if thi...
Jump to post[qquote] Yet lots of people connect in POS onwards daily without problems. I agree that POS is not an optimized transit facility, but BW gets lots of people transiting there. If they make the request the Government will make the improvements when they need. This story does not add up as POS is not ...
Jump to postLI's 42, LIG, has no more available cycles on at least one of the engines. They had a 72 engine on the 42. The 72 engine has lower cycles than a 42, the engine was apparently labelled incorrectly in their maintenance department, and only realized their mistake when the aircraft was in SVD. I'm assu...
Jump to postAA is beefing up service to the Caribbean for summer 2024: CLT Bridgetown, Barbados (BGI) Expand to daily service CLT Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) Expand to daily service CLT St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (STT) Expand to two daily flights DFW Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA) Expand to two daily fligh...
Jump to postTheir numbers are terrible, and their stock is down 8%: JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU) Reports Q3 2023 Net Loss of $153 Million https://twitter.com/RossFeinstein/status/1719308422825349122?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jetblue-airways-corp-jblu-rep...
Jump to postNot sure, but the interesting routing might be because this aircraft is not over-water equipped perhaps? Interesting if this is really a demo flight. It's a demo flight for baggage and other operations for today. Who would have spearheaded this? I assume a lessor or broker coordinated this seeing h...
Jump to posthttps://www.flightradar24.com/SKW1972/327821a7 Alaska E175 heading to POS. Could this be associated with the recent announcement by the T&T government? Interesting route it is taking, I would assume this is also part of the BW announcement, it does not make sense otherwise. Not sure, but the in...
Jump to postWhat is Cayman Airways up to? And what is Prinair up tp? Some more info is needed for the context you are asking? I havent heard from those two airlines in a while though the modern Prinair seems to be an obscure operation these days[/quote] Well as mentioned KX is starting BGI, that's the latest o...
Jump to postAre there any updates on AA service to Ocho Rios? Initially, the Government of Jamaica said it would take 6-7 months to make the upgrades. It has now surpassed a year since the announcement of the postponement back in September 2022 I tried searching but other than JY operating from PLS, there seem...
Jump to postIt time is for BW to have something larger than 7M8. Upguaing to the 7M9 or 7MJ has to be in the cards for the N. American routes where they are either the big fish or only fish in the pond (to/from POS). This is most prominent for YYZ as Canadian carriers have shown no interest in POS, especially ...
Jump to postSome regional news: The new Departure Hall, including new airport stores, is set to open by November 1st, 2023, and will feature cutting-edge amenities, spacious waiting areas, advanced security checkpoints, and streamlined boarding processes https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/departure-hall-pri...
Jump to postCan anyone confirm if its the E190-E2 or the E175 for CAL? Any article links? Thanks BWIA330 All the information is that it is the current generation E175, unless there is a new development with the a/c negotiation for the E2. Even though the E2 was test demo to BW last year, they are not, for the ...
Jump to posthttps://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pilots-resigning-as-state-moves-to-decertify-union-6.2.1821663.806624e3f7?fbclid=IwAR1kpUgBdwZwgEZlhQoBQR1oxV-Xc734uBtAdT5UXAUt15qqv2mqsTkKXh0 Apparently trouble in paradise. Yeah, if the article was true, and unfortunately the article has more holes that Swiss chees...
Jump to postAnyone know what the biggest under/ unserved markets out of KIN, POS, BGI, GEO are? AA1818 From KIN it would be PAP, UVF, MCO, HAV POS its DMV area, ATL, BOG, SDQ, USVI/BVI, French West Indies. Any plans to base ATRs in KIN? I know that was a long-time plan that was seemingly scrapped. AA1818 No AT...
Jump to postI have noticed that BAW2238 was delayed by 21 hours. The flight is currently in the air but the flight route is strange. It is flying over Canada at the moment and the flight time is 11.55 hours. What are the possible reasons for this deviation to the normal flight plan? ETOPS failure? It seems wha...
Jump to postJetair is restarting BON and AUA again on November 1st. 2 daily flights each (except for Saturday). They’ll be using an ATR, though I have no idea where the ATR is supposed to come from. Any clues? Additionally, they seem to have undone their decision to axe PBM. There are actually quite a few ATR7...
Jump to postBW got final approval for routes under open skies agreement to the US, no one objected to the USDOT issuing a foreign air carrier permit. https://downloads.regulations.gov/DOT-OST-2006-26586-0029/attachment_1.pdf Let's see when they will announce flights to SJU, STX and EIS. BermudaAir started flig...
Jump to postBW got final approval for routes under open skies agreement to the US, no one objected to the USDOT issuing a foreign air carrier permit. https://downloads.regulations.gov/DOT-OST-2006-26586-0029/attachment_1.pdf Let's see when they will announce flights to SJU, STX and EIS. BermudaAir started fligh...
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