American Airlines launches first direct flights from US to Caribbean holiday hotspot

AMERICAN Airlines is launching new direct flights from the US to a Caribbean island next year.

Launching from Miami, the new route will run daily to the British Virgin Islands.

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It is the first direct flight from the US, with current routes needing to stopover in Puerto Rico, or get a ferry from St Thomas.

The new two-hour flights will launch from November 2023.

Passengers will fly on the Embraer E175 aircraft, which has 88 seats, taking off from Miami Airport and landing at Beef Island airport.

The daily flights will take off at 10:20am and land 1:30pm local time, while the return will depart at 2:30pm and land in Miami at 5:40pm.

British Virgin Islands’ Minister of Communications and Works Kye Rymer said: “We are very happy to welcome back American Airlines to the British Virgin Islands.

“This venture to have direct flights between Miami and the British Virgin Islands will make it significantly easier, faster, and more affordable for persons from around the world to come to the British Virgin Islands, which is one of the must-visit tourist destinations in the world.”

It isn’t the first Caribbean island that American Airlines has launched direct flights to.

Last year, the airline started the first direct flights from Miami to Dominica and Anguilla.

And direct flights from Austin to Montego Bay in Jamaica were also launched by American Airlines last year.

Americans who want to visit Europe can take advantage of a number of new budget airlines launching cheap transatlantic fares next year.

Norse Airways, which launched last year, already offers flights from New York to London Gatwick.

The airline has since announced that it would be launching flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to Paris in March 2023.

Established airline JetBlue, which has been flying since 1998, will follow suit in summer 2023, with nonstop flights from JFK to Paris.

And new airline Fly Atlantic is to fly from the US to Belfast in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Icelandic airline Play is currently offering cheap routes to and from Europe from the US, with flights from Orlando to London Stansted as little as £225 – although it requires a stop over in Iceland.

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