Come De­cem­ber, na­tion­al air­line Caribbean Air­lines will be fly­ing more to two des­ti­na­tions in the French Caribbean—Mar­tinique and Guade­loupe.

In an of­fi­cial state­ment, the air­line said it was all part of its “growth strat­e­gy and com­mit­ment to en­hanc­ing con­nec­tiv­i­ty with­in the re­gion”.

“Ser­vice to Mar­tinique will com­mence on De­cem­ber 3, fol­lowed by Guade­loupe on De­cem­ber 7, 2024,” the air­line re­vealed in its state­ment.

It not­ed that flights will op­er­ate four times week­ly to both des­ti­na­tions.

“These new routes mean that by ear­ly De­cem­ber, Caribbean Air­lines will have suc­cess­ful­ly in­creased con­nec­tiv­i­ty be­tween the French, Span­ish, Dutch, and Eng­lish Caribbean,” the re­lease said.

In 2024, the air­line launched flights to Puer­to Ri­co and will be­gin ser­vice to Tor­to­la, British Vir­gin Is­lands on Oc­to­ber 14.

“With the ad­di­tion of Mar­tinique and Guade­loupe, Caribbean Air­lines can now tru­ly ‘Wel­come Home’ the en­tire re­gion to it­self, of­fer­ing a more re­li­able, seam­less trav­el ex­pe­ri­ence for busi­ness and leisure trav­ellers alike,” the com­pa­ny said.

CEO of Caribbean Air­lines, Garvin Med­era, point­ed to the key ben­e­fit of the new ser­vices—im­proved re­gion­al con­nec­tiv­i­ty.

“For the first time in years, jour­neys that would tra­di­tion­al­ly take sev­er­al hours are now re­duced to just 90 min­utes, giv­ing trav­ellers back their most valu­able re­source—time,” he said. “Whether for busi­ness or leisure, we are con­fi­dent that this im­prove­ment in trav­el ef­fi­cien­cy will great­ly ben­e­fit our cus­tomers, and we are hap­py to make it eas­i­er for the Caribbean to ex­plore and con­nect with one an­oth­er. We’re not just of­fer­ing flights; we’re of­fer­ing greater con­ve­nience and ef­fi­cien­cy.”

Caribbean Airlines proposed schedule of flights to Martinique. [Schedule courtesy Caribbean Airlines]

Pres­i­dent of the So­ciété Aéro­port Mar­tinique Aimé Ce­saire (S.A.M.A.C), Nathalie Se­bastien, ob­served that the new Caribbean Air­lines sched­ule will re­dound to the ben­e­fit of the is­land, and the wider re­gion.

"The ar­rival of Caribbean Air­lines in the skies of Mar­tinique marks a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone for our is­land and its con­nec­tiv­i­ty with­in the Caribbean re­gion,” Se­bastien said. “The Mar­tinique Aimé Cé­saire Air­port Au­thor­i­ty is ho­n­oured to join the es­teemed Caribbean Air­lines net­work and deeply val­ues the trust placed in us by this renowned Caribbean op­er­a­tor.”

“With a new di­rect flight to Trinidad and an­oth­er one to Bar­ba­dos, the air ser­vice of­fer from Mar­tinique is ex­pand­ing, fos­ter­ing stronger cul­tur­al and eco­nom­ic ex­changes with all Caribbean is­lands,” she as­sert­ed. “We are con­fi­dent that this col­lab­o­ra­tion will bring mu­tu­al ben­e­fits for our pop­u­la­tions, and we look for­ward to wel­com­ing Caribbean Air­lines to our air­port."

Caribbean Airlines proposed schedule of flights to Guadeloupe. [Schedule courtesy Caribbean Airlines]

Mean­while, the Pres­i­dent of the Mar­tinique Tourism Au­thor­i­ty, Béné­dicte di Geron­i­mo, wel­comed the ar­rival of Caribbean Air­lines, not­ing its po­ten­tial im­pact on the is­land’s tourism in­dus­try.

“We are very pleased that Caribbean Air­lines is ex­pand­ing its ser­vices to Mar­tinique. This ini­tia­tive, led by a com­pa­ny rec­og­nized for its ex­cel­lence, will not on­ly strength­en our tourism in­dus­try but al­so con­tribute to build­ing stronger cul­tur­al and eco­nom­ic ties be­tween the south­ern is­lands and Mar­tinique,” said di Geron­i­mo. “We look for­ward to wel­com­ing an in­creas­ing num­ber of vis­i­tors from the Caribbean, ea­ger to dis­cov­er the rich­ness of our cul­ture and the ex­cep­tion­al beau­ty of our des­ti­na­tion."

Caribbean Air­lines says its tick­et sales for Mar­tinique and Guade­loupe be­gan to­day, Oc­to­ber 1, 2024.

Cus­tomers can book their flights on­line via www.caribbean-air­lines.com, as well as through the Caribbean Air­lines Call Cen­ter, or by vis­it­ing any of the air­line’s City Tick­et Of­fices.