American Airlines ramps up Caribbean service

American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has geared up the resumption of its services across the Caribbean, adding 300 weekly flights to 23 destinations across the region this month (October 2020). According to the ch-aviation schedules module, the carrier on October 10 resumed five weekly flights from Miami Int’l to each of the following destinations in The Bahamas: Freeport, North Eleuthera, Moss Town, and Nassau Int’l; as well as one flight a week to Marsh Harbour. From Charlotte Int’l, it also resumed three weekly services to Nassau and one weekly frequency to Moss Town, Exuma. The airline’s Bahamas expansion comes as the destination prepares for a November 1 revamp of its travel protocols, which will remove a mandatory quarantine period, but add new testing requirements, including a negative PCR test no older than seven days before arrival, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism said in a statement. At the same time, American Airlines on October 10 relaunched five weekly flights from Miami to Jamaica’s Kingston Norman Manley; followed on October 11 by a weekly flight from Miami to Montego Bay, increasing to five weekly flights by October 17. At the same time, it began servicing Montego Bay daily from Charlotte and twice weekly from Dallas/Fort Worth; as well as daily from Philadelphia Int’l. Also from October 10, the carrier resumed services to the Virgin Islands (US), servicing St. Thomas Cyril E. King daily from Charlotte and Miami, moving to twice daily from Miami on October 17. St. Croix Henry E. Rohlsen is served weekly from Charlotte and twice weekly from Miami, with services increasing to daily from Miami on October 17. From Miami, the airline also now operates five weekly services to each of the following: Bridgetown, Aruba, Havana Int’l, Grenada, St. Lucia Hewanorra, St. Maarten, and Providenciales. From Miami, it also flies once a week to St. Vincent Argyle Int’l; thrice weekly to Bermuda; and four times a week to Antigua; while upping its services to Belize City Int’l to five weekly from October 17.