Caribbean Airlines is cutting two nonstop flights between
Fort Lauderdale and Jamaica as part of a broad reduction in service. Caribbean
Airlines is ending its route between Fort Lauderdale and Montego Bay only six
months after resuming the flights following a long hiatus.
The carrier is also removing its roundtrip flights between
Fort Lauderdale and Kingston, according to a Caribbean Journal report. The
services will stop beginning November 2.
“It was determined that current economic conditions
impacting the Jamaica-Fort Lauderdale market require the airline to reallocate
resources,” the carrier said in a statement to Caribbean Journal. “This
decision supports the company’s long-term objectives of fleet efficiency, cost
management and delivering reliable service to its valued customers.”
Customers with confirmed bookings on any of the canceled
flights would receive a full refund of their fares, said Caribbean Airlines.
In other company news, Caribbean Airlines has reached a
codesharing agreement with Air Caraïbes, expanding travel options for Caribbean
customers and visitors.
Via the partnership, travelers from any destination within
the Caribbean Airlines network may connect onto Air Caraïbes, via the French
Caribbean territories of Martinique or Guadeloupe, for onward travel to Paris –
Orly Airport, France.
The service will deliver benefits including single ticket
itineraries and seamless connections, through-checked baggage from origin to
final destination and issuance of all boarding passes at the first point of
check-in.
Other benefits include coordinated flight schedules
for convenient connection times plus expanded access to Paris and mainland
Europe destinations.
“This codeshare agreement with Air Caraïbes
represents a strategic step in expanding our network, opening new connections
to Europe via Paris-Orly, France,” said Martin Aeberli, Caribbean Airlines’ chief
commercial officer.
“We are delighted to enter into this strategic
partnership with Caribbean Airlines, giving its customers seamless access to
Paris-Orly via our bases in Martinique and Guadeloupe,” said Hugues Heddebaut, chief
commercial officer of Air Caraïbes, “while opening new opportunities for
Air Caraïbes to serve new islands in the Caribbean.”
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