Direct Delta Flights To St. Kitts – Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis February 07, 2008 The arrival of the inaugural Delta Airlines direct flight from Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International to St. Kitts on Saturday 16th February is a significant milestone in the Federation’s efforts to penetrate the …

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Delta Airlines Weekly Non-Stop Flights to St. Kitts

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 21, 2008 (CUOPM)

Plans continue for the inauguration of the once weekly scheduled flight by Delta Airlines into St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport with the training of local employees.

Airport Manager Mr. Denzil Jones said counter space has been provided to the US carrier for the introduction of the new non-stop flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on February 16th.

The St. Kitts Tourism Authority said Delta Air Lines flight DL373 will depart Atlanta at 11:15 a.m. eastern daylight-saving time and arrive into St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport at 4:05 p.m. local time. The return flight DL372 will depart St. Kitts at 4:55 p.m. and arrive into Atlanta at 8:05 p.m. These flight times allow for several convenient connections from the feeder banks on both flight segments

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St. Kitts – Nevis Tourism Development Plan Outlined

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis‘ Minister of State for Tourism, Hon. Richard Skerritt says that American Airlines’ non-stop, twice-weekly round trip service on Wednesdays and Sundays to St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport has already proven to be a “bonanza” for the destination.

“The load factors have been fantastic. We are very pleased and so is American,” Skerritt said during a press briefing at the Caribbean Hotel Association’s Caribbean Market place 2008 in Nassau, Bahamas.

The destination will welcome Delta’s new weekly Saturday service beginning Feb. 16 from Atlanta, which will complement exiting nonstop service from Miami on American and from Charlotte, N.C., on US Airways as well as connecting service via San Juan on American Eagle.

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Caribbean Passport Requirements Postponed

December 28, 2007
Washington, DC

The United States Congress has passed a Federal budget that pushes back by a year passport requirements for Americans on the borders of Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
 
“The passport requirement is the wrong answer to the wrong question,” said Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy.  “It creates major hassles for law-abiding citizens and communities all across the longest peaceful border in the world,” he added.

“It adds nothing to our security while costing Vermont and our national economy billions in lost commerce,” he continued.  If the budget bill, passed by the U.S. Congress, is approved by President George W. Bush, Americans re-entering the country by land will not need a passport until mid-2009, a year later than planned.

A provision of the major end-of-year budget bill pushes back the plan by the Department of Homeland Security that required passports from border crossers from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean as a way of strengthening national security.

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