BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – FOLLOWING the cancellation of over 40 flights in the Leeward Islands chain earlier in the week due to Hurricane Irma, LIAT has issued an advisory of more flight stoppages.
In a statement, the airline indicated that 26 flights were cancelled today (Sept. 8), including those into and out of St. Kitts and Nevis.
The airline said it wishes to advise passengers that due to effects of the passage of Hurricane Irma and the impending passage of Hurricane Jose, several destinations have been affected.
Further, it was stated that a Hurricane Watch is in effect for Antigua & Barbuda and a Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for St. Kitts and Nevis.
“As a result of the closure of several airports in the northern part of the network as well in the interest of the safety of our passengers and crew, several flights have been cancelled,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, St. Kitts Tourism Authority has informed that BA Flight 2256 from St. Kitts to Antigua to London (Gatwick) on Saturday (Sept. 9) has been cancelled.
Instead, BA has chartered two regional jets from Caribbean Airlines and LIAT to fly the affected customers today from St. Kitts to Barbados.
An empty aircraft was flown from London to pick up these customers from Barbados, and it will depart that island tomorrow morning to arrive at Gatwick in the evening.
Below is a list of all the flights that were cancelled for today:
LI 521 from Tortola to St. Kitts
LI 521 from St. Kitts to Antigua
LI 300 from Barbados to Tortola
LI 301 from Tortola to Barbados
LI 314 from Antigua to St. Maarten
LI 314 from St. Maarten to Tortola
LI 315 from Tortola to St. Maarten
LI 315 from St. Maarten to St. Kitts
LI 315 from St. Kitts to Antigua
LI 364 from Barbados to Dominica
LI 364 from Dominica to Antigua
LI 312 from Antigua to St. Kitts
LI 312 from St. Kitts to St. Maarten
LI 317 from St. Maarten to Antigua
LI 309 from Antigua to St. Lucia
LI 523 from Antigua to Dominica
LI 523 from Dominica to Barbados
LI 508 from Antigua to St. Kitts
LI 508 from St. Kitts to St. St. Maarten
LI 508 from St. Maarten to Tortola
LI 509 from Tortola to Antigua
LI 524 from Barbados to Dominica
LI 524 from Dominica to Antigua
LI 512 from Barbados to Antigua
LI 512 from Antigua to St. Kitts
LI 512 from St. Kitts to Tortola
Passengers are advised that they should expect some delays on services that would be operated, and those who were affected would be allowed to rebook until September 18.
Passengers with travel dates from September 8-10 would have change fees and fare differences waived, and those who make changes after the September 18 woul be subject to all change fees and applicable fare differences.
“We strongly advise our passengers to contact LIAT's Call Centre for rebooking at their earliest convenience,” the statement said.
To call toll free from destinations within the Caribbean, management advised that one should dial 1-888-844-LIAT (5428), and those calling from other countries or Barbados should dial 1-246-227-3850.
