60,000 New Airline Seats Secured for Winter Tourist Season
By: , September 21, 2015The Key Point:
Photo: Glenis Rose
Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook (centre), with some members of the United Kingdom tourism fraternity, at the opening ceremony for the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Tourism Trade Show, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in Rose Hall, St. James, on September 20.The Facts
- The disclosure was made by Tourism Director, Mr. Paul Pennicook, as he addressed a media breakfast, as part of the 25th staging of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Tourism Trade Show.
- He said over 50,000 of the seats are coming out of the United States, and that a number of new flights will also be coming to Jamaica.
The Full Story
More than 60,000 new airline seats have already been secured for Jamaica, ahead of the 2015/16 winter tourist season, which begins in December.
The disclosure was made by Tourism Director, Mr. Paul Pennicook, as he addressed a media breakfast, as part of the 25th staging of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Tourism Trade Show, at the Hilton Resort in St. James, on September 21.
He said over 50,000 of the seats are coming out of the United States, and that a number of new flights will also be coming to Jamaica.
“Some of those (flights) will be new to Jamaica and we are very excited about them. Come December 18, American Airlines introduces a non-stop service from Los Angeles into Montego Bay on weekends. Come November 1, South West Airlines introduces daily service from Houston into Montego Bay and come December 1, Frontier Airlines comes into Montego Bay for days per week from Philadelphia,” the Director noted.
Mr. Pennicook said that in addition to those, Delta Airlines will be increasing its service out of Minneapolis in the United States, while flights will also be arriving from Gothenburg, Sweden, and Olso, Norway, and for next summer, there could be a flight from Dublin, Ireland.
“We are very excited about the future, because we are having new rooms built, we are having rooms refurbished, products are being upgraded, there are attractions…and we have the airline seats to go with it, so we are looking forward to a wonderful 2016,” he said.