By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

THE BAHAMAS saw a "phenomenal" 11 per cent increase in airlift capacity year-over-year for February 2012, the minister of tourism and aviation yesterday saying this trend reflected "growing visitor demand" and was set to continue through the first half.

Noting that airlift from the key US east coast tourist market was set to receive a further boost from Delta Airlines restarting non-stop service to the Bahamas from New York on March 2-3, Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace said the increased seat availability was "a complete turnaround" from the recession's darkest days.

Noting that the Bahamas was also seeing better pricing (redu ...

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