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Delano Seiveright, Senior Strategist in the Tourism Ministry
A new low-cost European airline will begin flying to Jamaica from London later this year.
Norse Atlantic Airways will begin flying between London Gatwick to Kingston and Montego Bay in October this year.
Flights to Montego Bay will operate four times a week starting October 29, 2023, while Norse Atlantic Airways will fly to Kingston three times a week starting October 31.
The fares for the new flights will start at £559 for a return trip.
Delano Seiveright, Senior Advisor and Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism, said the introduction of the new flights is not only significant for Jamaica but also for the development of Kingston, where the only other carrier with nonstop flights to London Gatwick is British Airways.
Mr. Seiveright touted Norse Atlantic Airways as a modern airline, which provides "very comfortable" flights on new Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
The tourism strategist predicts that there will be an increase in bookings due to the new flights, pointing out that visitor arrivals from the UK have already exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels.
"Jamaica is the number one destination, certainly for last year, for British visitors to the Caribbean. So we’re ahead of everyone on that score and we continue to see a very strong demand coming out of the UK for Jamaica. Last year, tour operators indicated to us that bookings for Jamaica are running anywhere from 15 to 40 per cent more than what they would have in 2019 before COVID," he disclosed.
Norse Atlantic Airways will also begin daily flights to Barbados on October 29, 2023.
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