America Virgin Islands will welcome new flights from the New York tri-state space this summer time.
JetBlue Airways will launch a brand new route between Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (EWR) and Cyril King Airport (STT) on St. Thomas on July 1st.
Flights go on sale tomorrow.
In accordance with the airline, the brand new service is a results of a brand new north-east Alliance with American Airways, which is able to see JetBlue add greater than a dozen new markets in higher New York Metropolis with new locations provided from each LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and EWR.
The routes, which embody Newark to St. Thomas, assist to strengthen JetBlue’s place as a dominant airline participant within the New York market.
JetBlue and American Airways just lately announced the launch of the primary section of their new alliance, geared toward bringing clients extra aggressive selections in New York and Boston.
The 2 airways are introducing 33 new routes as a part of the preliminary section.
“The north-east United States market is critically necessary to our tourism sector and our Virgin Islands communities within the Diaspora,” stated Joseph Boschulte, commissioner of tourism for the USA Virgin Islands, who welcomed the brand new flights forward of an anticipated busy summer time journey season.
The commissioner affirmed demand for the USA Virgin Islands continues to be robust as airways introduce new service and improve their flight frequency.
At present, Frontier Airways launched new service between Orlando and St. Thomas, and can begin Miami-St. Thomas flights subsequent month.
