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Caribbean Airlines Buys Air Jamaica

Caribbean Airlines Buys Air Jamaica

(Dive Travel Business News - May 3, 2010) -- As of May 1, 2010, Air Jamaica has been taken over by Caribbean Airlines, the state-owned airline of Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidadian Government will invest $50 million in the airline and retain Air Jamaica's  seven routes and 1,000 employees.

Caribbean Airlines will continue to fly Air Jamaica’s 140 weekly flights between Montego Bay and Kingston to Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, New York Kennedy, Philadelphia and Toronto. Caribbean Airlines expects to announce other routes soon. Tickets issued by Air Jamaica before May 1 will be honored, as will frequent-flyer miles. 

During a transition period, which is expected to take between six and 12 months, the company will be called Caribbean Airlines Air Jamaica Transition Ltd. Air Jamaica’s fleet will retain its logo during the transition. The Jamaican Government will have a 16 per cent share in Caribbean Airlines: Air Jamaica will keep its equipment and offices at the airports in Jamaica. read more »

St. Croix Offers Fantastic Flight Promotion

St. Croix Packages offer Flight Credits

(Dive Travel Business News - July 30, 2010)-- St. Croix, U.S.V.I. has launched a “Fantastic Flight” package offering travelers a $400 airfare credit for bookings made through August 12, 2010, for travel between August 15 and October 31, 2010.  Does not include airfare taxes, fees and destination charges. To reserve the package visit  CheapCaribbean.com.

The participating hotels include the Buccaneer, the Carambola Beach Resort the Chenay Bay Beach Resort, Palms at Pelican Cove, Divi Carina Bay Beach Resort & Casino, Buccaneer and more. The package is based on double occupancy, applies to new bookings only and cannot be combined with other promotions. For more information, visit the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism’s website at VisitUSVI.

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Update on Volcano-related Flight Disruptions

Ash from Iceland Volcano disrupts Europe's airports

(Dive Travel Business News - April 20, 2010) -- Since Thursday April 15, 2010, the blanket of ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland has forced the cancellation of at least 70,000 flights, stranding travelers at airports around the world and grinding sectors of Europe's economy to a halt.

Today, fliers from all over the globe are seeing some hope as airports are gradually opening up.This is good news for those dive destinations in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean with a predominantly European clientele where vacations have been postponed after almost a week of flight cancellations. read more »

The latest Spirit in Airline Customer "Service"

(Dive Travel Business News - April 14, 2010) -- What can we say? Airlines really don't want to have any customers when you hear the round-up of bizarre customer service behaviour we're reporting below. Let's hope this doesn't catch on and go global...

Last week the small Florida airline, Spirit Airlines Inc. became the first airline to announce it would charge up to $45 to put a carryon in an overhead bin starting August 1, 2010.  Spirit airlines really, really, really wants you to like its carry-on baggage fees. Is this the Spirit of flight, the spirit of customer service or the spirit of greed? Check out the article.

In the wake of Spirit's announcement, earlier this week two Democratic U.S. Senators introduced legislation that would ban airlines from charging fees for bags carried aboard planes. "We cannot allow these flood gates to open." remarked Senator Ben Cardin.  Read the article here. read more »

Fees Surprise Travelers at Check-in

Airline fees surprise travelers at check-in

(Dive Travel Buiness News - March 16, 2010) -- It's hard to figure out the true cost of travel these days. Travel Professionals, Tour Operators and their customers are struggling to play catch-up with the changing baggage fee scene along with a surge in airline ancillary fees for meals, premium seating, blankets, WiFi and unaccompanied minors. 

In addition to the changing policies on ancillary fees, each airline has its own fee policy for these items. For instance, the fee for a single bag on a United international flight is determined by a combination of baggage weight, direction of travel, ticket class, the date the ticket was purchased, the date of travel and whether the bag will be registered at the airport or ahead of time on United's website. Then there is the question of whether or not you'll get your bag at the other end.

The situation is further complicated when factoring in how these policies affect codeshare agreements between two carriers and international-travel issues such as whether the weight limit on a bag will apply on all legs of the travel itinerary. read more »

Bahamas Free Companion Fare Promotion

Free Fare to Islands of the Bahamas

(DiveTravelBusinessNews.com -- January 20, 2010) -- In conjunction with select Bahamas Resorts, US wholesaler Travel Impressions has launched the Free Companion Fare Promotion to the Islands of the Bahamas.

To receive the Companion Fare for free, an air-inclusive vacation package of 4 nights or more at select resorts in Nassau/Paradise Island, Grand Bahama Island, and the Out Islands of Abaco, Bimini, Eleuthera/Harbour Island and Exuma. View the list of resorts here.

Certain government imposed taxes and fees on free air travel are additional. Travel must be booked by March 3, 2010 for travel to June 23, 2010. Some blackout dates apply. This promotion is available through the Travel Impressions Call Center at 800-284-0044.

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Major Airlines Generating Extra Cash with more Surcharges

Airlines making money with surcharges

(USA Today - Nov.18, 2009) -- Back in September, the major airlines began imposing $10 surcharges on heavy travel days around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's travel dates. Since then, surcharges have started doubling and then last week United, Delta and its subsidiary Northwest increased surcharges up to $50 and extended surcharges to cover a total of 41 days all the way to Memorial Day 2010.

Bestfares.com sounded the alarm on surcharges and provides this most recent list for 2009-2010 of surcharges on a one-way ticket:

$20 Surcharges: Nov 29, 30, Dec 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 30, Jan 2, 3, Feb 12, May 20.

$30 Surcharges: March 14, 20, 21, 28, April 5, 11.

$50 Surcharges: Feb 8.

Most surcharges extending into March and April range from $10 to $30 and coincide with Easter or spring breaks.The $50 surcharge applies to tickets only on one day: Monday, Feb. 8, the day after the Super Bowl based on a one-way ticket.

US Airways will impose a different surcharge, equivalent to 5% of the ticket price on all domestic travel starting May 8 2010.  read more »

Jamaica Entices Divers with Fares

Air Jamaica seat sale

(Travelpulse.com - Nov 17, 2009) -- For dive and snorkel travelers planning a trip to Jamaica, Air Jamaica is extending its Winter Fare Sale until Nov 26 valid for travel from Jan 1 - Feb 11, 2010.  Sample roundtrip fares between Jamaica and some US cities include Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, $188; New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, $198; and Chicago $248.

Fares are per person, roundtrip and valid for travel in economy class. U.S and foreign government imposed taxes and fees (up to $105 per person) and a September 11th security fee of $2.50 per person per U.S. enplanement are additional and due with final payment.  For more information, call 800-523-5585 or visit Air Jamaica.

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St. Kitts offers new Delta air service

Dive St. Kitts

(Travelpulse.com - Nov 17, 2009) -- Sending your diving clients to St. Kitts via Atlanta? You have until Nov. 23 to book non-stop flights for $309 each way, based on a required roundtrip purchase, with Saturday night stay required. 

Delta now offers two weekly non-stop flight service (Wednesdays and Saturdays) to St. Kitts' Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Additional taxes/fees/restrictions/baggage charges may apply.  To take advantage of these special introductory fares, travel must be completed on or before Feb. 28, 2010. For more information call 800-582-6208, email info@stkittstourism.kn or visit St. Kitts Tourism or Delta.

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Widespread Airfare Increases This Fall

Airfares

(FareCompare.com - Oct 14, 2009) - The airfare monitoring website FareCompare.com has detected an unusually large number of domestic U.S. city pairs with an increase of up to $16 roundtrip, a hike initiated by American Airlines. Continental and Southwest began matching, followed by Delta/Northwest, United and US Airways, rounding out the legacy airlines. read more »

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