Caribbean Air­lines car­ried 75,149 pas­sen­gers be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go in Au­gust, as de­mand for do­mes­tic air trav­el re­mained strong dur­ing the peak sum­mer trav­el sea­son.

In a news re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day, Caribbean Air­lines said the Au­gust pas­sen­ger fig­ure rep­re­sent­ed a sig­nif­i­cant in­crease over the 66,814 pas­sen­gers trans­port­ed on the do­mes­tic air­bridge in Ju­ly.

The air­line in­creased its ca­pac­i­ty in stages to meet the an­tic­i­pat­ed surge in de­mand, with ad­di­tion­al flights and seats in­tro­duced from mid-Ju­ly, fol­lowed by an­oth­er in­crease at the start of Au­gust.

Fur­ther ca­pac­i­ty was added for the Great Race week­end, when trav­el be­tween the two is­lands typ­i­cal­ly ex­pe­ri­ences a sharp in­crease.

Caribbean Air­lines said the phased ap­proach al­lowed it to re­spond to chang­ing de­mand while giv­ing trav­ellers greater ac­cess to seats and sup­port­ing con­nec­tiv­i­ty be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go dur­ing one of the busiest pe­ri­ods of the year.

The lat­est fig­ures point to con­tin­ued heavy use of the do­mes­tic air­bridge, which serves as a crit­i­cal trans­port link be­tween the two is­lands for leisure and busi­ness trav­ellers.

Caribbean Air­lines Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer (Ag.) Var­ma Khillawan said the ser­vice plays an im­por­tant role be­yond sim­ply trans­port­ing pas­sen­gers.

“The do­mes­tic air bridge is much more than a route net­work; it is a vi­tal link that brings fam­i­lies to­geth­er, sup­ports busi­ness­es, en­ables ac­cess to es­sen­tial ser­vices, and con­nects com­mu­ni­ties across Trinidad and To­ba­go,” Khillawan said.

“We are proud to have served more than 75,000 pas­sen­gers in Au­gust and to play an im­por­tant role in help­ing peo­ple stay con­nect­ed.”

Khillawan said the air­line would con­tin­ue to fo­cus on main­tain­ing its do­mes­tic ser­vice as de­mand grows.

“As de­mand con­tin­ues to grow, Caribbean Air­lines re­mains com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing safe, re­li­able, and con­ve­nient ser­vice, en­sur­ing that our cus­tomers can trav­el with con­fi­dence when­ev­er they need to move be­tween the is­lands,” he said.

The Au­gust per­for­mance fol­lows the air­line’s de­ci­sion to ad­just its do­mes­tic ca­pac­i­ty ahead of the sum­mer peak, rather than re­ly­ing on a sin­gle in­crease in ser­vice.

The air­line did not dis­close its rev­enue from the do­mes­tic air­bridge or pro­vide a break­down of pas­sen­ger num­bers by route or trav­el pur­pose.