Lush rainforests, waterfalls, a boiling lake and the Caribbean’s longest mountain climbing path (and one of many world’s best luxurious resorts). Dominica is among the Caribbean’s nice islands for journey — nevertheless it hasn’t at all times been simple to get there.
That modified a couple of years in the past, when American Airways kicked off its first ever nonstop service between the mainland United States and Dominica in 2021.
Now, with demand surging and Dominica’s journey renaissance in full swing, American Airilines is planning to considerably ramp up its flights to the island out of Miami Worldwide Airport.
Starting within the second quarter of this yr, American Airways can be working day by day flights, with service working for nearly the whole lot of the summer season schedule.
That can imply day by day flights from June 5 to Aug. 5, seven days per week, up from what’s presently thrice-weekly service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. American will even function day by day flights from Nov. 5 to March 31, 2025, an enormous increase for the height winter vacationer season.
“This resolution underscores American Airways’ confidence in Dominica’s tourism product and displays a big alternative for extra leisure guests from our major supply markets within the US and Canada,” stated Denise Charles-Pemberton, Dominica’s Minister of Tourism, in an announcement offered to Caribbean Journal. “We welcome vacationers to discover Dominica’s top-class choices, together with diving, mountain climbing, whale watching and wellness actions, as we proceed positioning ourselves as a premier vacation spot within the Caribbean.”
The ramped-up service comes as Dominica simply welcomed a brand new worldwide resort model, IHG, which debuted its InterContinental model on the former Kempinski resort in northern Dominica.
The island’s largest resort, the all-inclusive, historic Fort Younger, just lately unveiled a dramatic transformation and growth challenge that landed it on the 2024 record of the good inns within the Caribbean.
And Dominica’s legendary, ultra-luxe Secret Bay resort can be within the midst of a broader growth.
“Dominica is about to reinforce its connectivity and change into a hub for Caribbean journey and exploration,” the Uncover Dominica Authority instructed Caribbean Journal.
American’s Dominica flights are a part of a broader technique by the airline to attach Miami with smaller, usually underserved Caribbean airports; that features just lately launched service to islands like Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, each of which additionally now obtain flights on American’s Embraer 175 plane.
