Thursday, May 28 2009–Trinidad Newsday –British Airways is set to increase the number of flights from the United Kingdom to Trinidad from three to five times a week during the upcoming winter season. The Tourism Development Company (TDC) made this announcement yesterday via press release and TDC Public Affairs Manager, Nicole du Boulet said this augurs well for the country. “Several airlines are cutting back on flights because of the economic crisis. In destinations where they fly to, if the planes are not as filled as they should be, they are reducing the number of flights there or cutting back. British Airways increasing their flights to Trinidad means that the airline is noting the demand for flights to Trinidad from the UK,” du Boulet explained in a telephone interview yesterday.
According to the TDC release, the airline currently operates a Boeing 777 to Port-of-Spain three times a week which could transport 280 passengers.
“Following negotiations with the TDC, the airline has added two flights, which will boost monthly passenger capacity from 3360 persons to 5600 persons, an increase of 67 percent. British Airways has already started selling the new service which will depart London’s Gatwick Airport,” the release stated.