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Vision Airlines Restores Low Fare Non-Stop Air Service to Grand Bahama
(
June
14, 2011) Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - Vision Airlines will reconnect Grand Bahama Island with direct air
service to at least five (5) US cities beginning in November, the Grand Bahama
Tourist Office announced today.
Beginning November
11, 2011, Vision Airlines will provide non-stop jet service to Grand Bahama
Island from a number of US cities, including Richmond, Virginia; Louisville,...
Private airline partners with Long Island MP in storm relief effort
A PRIVATE airline is partnering with Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner to organise emergency relief for the storm-battered island...
Airline's predatory price claim is 'utter nonsense'
Airline's predatory price claim is 'utter nonsense'
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
Claims that Bahamasair is engaging in unfair and "predatory" business strategies to the detriment of the domestic aviation industry have been dismissed by a government minister as "utter nonsense".
Captain Randy Butler, Sky Bahamas chief executive, charged last week that the "game is fixed" against the private sector due to the Government...
Marathon Bahamas event soaring on Spirit Airlines
Marathon Bahamas event soaring on Spirit Airlines
Marathon Bahamas 2010 was a blockbuster of an event. The race revitalized distance running in the country. It established The Bahamas for the very first time as a role player in the big world picture of marathon running.
The initial product did not attract the cream of the crop world runners, but it put the word out. It was like a testing ground. Participants came from all over North America and ...
Walkine: Fee increases will reduce airline expenses
Walkine: Fee increases will reduce airline expenses
Despite the anxiety local air carriers have in regards to the upcoming fee increases at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA), the rise in rates will decrease expenses for those airlines, according to a Nassau Airport Development (NAD) executive.
NAD Vice-president of Marketing and Communications Vernice Walkine told Guardian Business yesterday that the modified fee increases that will come...
NAD 'aggressively' pursuing Latin Americas airlines
NAD 'aggressively' pursuing Latin Americas airlines
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
Seeking to expand air service into the Bahamas, the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) is "aggressively" pursuing Panamanian airline Copa, who are "very interested" in the opportunity to begin providing the first ever non-stop service between Latin America and Nassau.
This move comes as the Bahamas has already seen a significant ris...
AIRLINES CALL FOR PM INTERVENTION ON SEIZURE THREAT
AIRLINES CALL FOR PM INTERVENTION ON SEIZURE THREAT
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
Alowe@tribunemedia.net
More than a dozen Bahamian airline and charter operators have urged the Minister of Finance, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, to intervene and prevent the Customs Department's potentially crippling threatened seizure of their planes over alleged unpaid import duties.
Many commercial aviation operators were shocked last Thursday to receive ...
Top airline partners reluctant to commit airlift pending Baha Mar opening date
Despite an "aggressive renaissance" of the tourism product, Fred Lounsberry, CEO of the Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board, said the board's top airline partners are leery of committing to providing more airlift into The Bahamas
Sunwing Airlines connect Houston Texas to Freeport Grand Bahama
After a highly successful winter travel season, Sunwing Airlines returns with an exciting Vacation Express program, just in time for summer. Recently, Ministry of Tourism executives and other tourism...
Despite regional losses, American Airlines' Caribbean business up
Despite experiencing a sharp decline in performance for the wider Latin America and Caribbean region in March, American Airlines continues to experience growth in the Caribbean, an airline representative confirmed yesterday...