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| St. Kits and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Denzil L. Douglas at Friday's signing ceremony |
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 4TH 2005 - Miami Air and Platinum Charters will be operating several flights into the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport during the Winter Season.
St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Denzil L. Douglas, speaking at a ceremony to sign the Agreement for the expansion of the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on Friday said he has been advised by the new Airport Manager, Mr. Denzil Jones, that with the start of the tourist season, several carriers including US Airways and American Airlines will also increase scheduled service to St. Kitts.
Dr. Douglas disclosed that Miami Air begins weekly charters into St. Kitts from Miami on December 12th until March 2006 and Platinum Charters will operate two flights per week on Mondays and Wednesdays. The first flight landed last Wednesday, November 2nd and will operate twice weekly this month and at least once per week until April next year.
US Airways will reintroduce a second Saturday flight in December. US Airways flights will operate from Philadelphia/St. Kitts/North Carolina/Philadelphia and the second flight will operate Philadelphia/North Carolina/St. Kitts/Philadelphia, said Prime Minister Douglas.
He said SkyService will begin its seasonal weekly flight from Toronto, Canada to St. Kitts starting December 17th and continuing until April next year.
American Airlines which operates from Miami to St. Kitts on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays will introduces a Saturday flight from Miami International on Saturday November 5th with the possibility of a flight on Thursdays starting in December.
Dr. Douglas said Excel Airways will continue its scheduled Gatwick-London flight to St. Kitts arriving on Saturday afternoon and regular charters by PANAM and the occasional BWIA charters will operate on demand.
LIAT, WINAIR, Caribbean Sun and Caribbean Star are expected to increase flights into St. Kitts, especially during the Carnival Season. Airport officials also anticipate an increase in the arrival of corporate jets.
The US$17 million project financed by loans from the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank and the Republic of China on Taiwan, includes expansion of the parking apron to accommodate six-wide-bodied aircraft at the same time, complete resurfacing of the 8,000-foot runway and construction of a new taxi-way. Construction starts this months and the proj4ect is expected to be completed by November 2006.
