Winair’s New Flights Imply You Can Island-Hop to Three Extra Caribbean Islands 

Island hopping. It’s what all of us dream about. Boarding a tiny airplane, jaunting from vacation spot to vacation spot, only a small suitcase and an enormous dream. A couple of days of eating in Grand Case, then a mountaineering journey in Dominica, then a seashore getaway in Antigua. 

It’s simpler mentioned than performed, after all. However for those who journey to the area ceaselessly, you’re accustomed to Winair, the St Maarten-based airline that makes island-hopping an artwork type. 

Whereas Winair had largely been specializing in its flights to small airports on Caribbean islands like St Barth, Saba and Statia, within the final yr the airline has launched into a significant enlargement push that included locations like Antigua, Dominica and Tortola. 

Now, Winair is including three extra locations, Caribbean Journal has discovered. 

This November, Winair will add six flights every week between St Maarten and Barbados, one other six every week between St Maarten and Saint Lucia, together with two weekly flights between St Maarten and St Vincent. 

All the routes are going to be operated on Winair’s bigger ATR 42-500 planes. 

The corporate can be including extra intra-regional flights as a part of the push — that features flights between Barbados and Saint Lucia (two instances per week); Barbados and Martinique (twice weekly) and Barbados and Dominica, thrice every week. 

That comes together with different connections between Saint Lucia and Dominica, Martinique and St Vincent, the service mentioned. 

The brand new flights are good “whether or not you’re an area or a global traveler,” CEO Hans van de Velde informed Caribbean Journal. 

In case you’re a US traveler, you’ll be happy to know that Winair’s JetBlue partnership means you possibly can simply join via St Maarten to any of those locations. 

So what is going to all of those flights price? 

Proper now, fares are beginning at $89, for journey between Nov. 15, when the flights kick off, and Dec. 15. 

You’ll be able to be taught extra at Winair.