Topic: airlines

As US airlines continue grappling with sharply higher fuel costs and mounting operational expenses, Cayman travelers are being hit with higher charges for checked baggage and a growing list of ancillary fees.

Spirit Airlines is the latest airline to add a new US-Cayman Islands route with thrice-weekly non-stop flights between Fort Lauderdale and Grand Cayman from 4 Dec.

Tourism chiefs say the final quarter of 2022 is gearing up to be more successful in terms of stayover visitors than the same period in 2019, which was the busiest winter season in Cayman's history.

With the introduction of new routes, Cayman's airlift capacity in the last quarter of this year is predicted to surpass 2019 levels by 1%, highlighting a need to potentially further expand the Owen Roberts International Airport, Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan says.

Several airlines have announced this week that they are waiving flight-change fees due to coronavirus concerns.

The revelations this week that airlines overbook as a policy and that they can forcibly remove passengers when their calculations go awry has shocked millions from Chicago to China. But it’s a problem as old as the airline industry itself.

A woman charged with conspiracy to defraud pleaded not guilty on Friday and had her trial set for April 3.