BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE world’s largest airline is celebrating the commencement of its second weekly flight to St. Kitts with unbeatable, low fares to allow travellers from the United States (US) the opportunity to explore St. Kitts-Nevis.
The announcement was made yesterday (Nov. 9), a week after the twin-island paradise had finished celebrating Tourism Month. While the nation is still recovering from last year’s troubling tourism season, projections for this month seem promising and the launch of the new Delta Airlines product will increase arrivals to the island.
The new flight would give visitors and nationals returning home a non-stop trip from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in St. Kitts.
As the new non-stop flight begins, passengers could enjoy paying as little as US $309 each way. The reduced rate is based on a required round-trip purchase and a Saturday night stay is required. Flights must be purchased by November 16, 2009 with travel to be completed on or before February 28, 2010.
The new flight will operate on Wednesdays, beginning on December 23, 2009 and continue through April 7, 2010 for the peak winter travel season, complementing Delta’s existing Saturday non-stop flights to St. Kitts.
According to Minister of State responsible for Tourism, Hon. Richard Skerritt, while advanced bookings for Christmas were high, there was some concern about the January flights. He noted his pleasure with Delta Airlines being able to “shave off” some of the fare to encourage more travel to the island.
“Delta is a very aggressive and responsive airline and this is the result of it; this is designed to try to drive some business to the Delta service this winter. This is an airline we don’t have any revenue guarantee with... but we work with them as a genuine partner. We are pleased when they do anything that is going to help to drive business to St. Kitts,” he said, adding that the promotion will make the new flight “more attractive”.
Delta services to St. Kitts began in February 2008 and, according to Skerritt, it is promotions like these that “really make a difference”.
The St. Kitts Tourism Authority is expecting to add some interest and awareness to the flight and has pledged to spare no effort in attracting more visitors to the islands.
