Sunrise Airways has announced the largest expansion of its route network to date with the addition of new intra-regional flights connecting four destinations within the Eastern Caribbean – Antigua, Dominica, St. Kitts, and St. Lucia.
The carrier will operate the new service beginning May 25, 2024 utilizing Embraer 120 (EMB-120) twin-turboprop aircraft, offering a maximum seating capacity for 30 passengers.
Sunrise Airways Chairman and CEO, Philippe Bayard, commented on the new flights, saying: “All of us at Sunrise Airways have cherished each new route that we’ve inaugurated over the 12-year history of our airline. This latest expansion, though, is extra special as it brings the mission we started in the Western Caribbean, to better connect our islands under our One Caribbean concept, to the Eastern Caribbean in the biggest way yet. Fittingly as regards to our name, it’s truly the dawn of a new day for intra-regional air travel within the Eastern Caribbean.”
New Sunrise Airways flights within the Eastern Caribbean will operate six days per-week (every day except Tuesday). Two flights daily connect Antigua–Dominica and Antigua–St. Kitts, while Antigua–St. Lucia service will operate once daily.
“With two rotations per-day, our new Antigua, Dominica, and St. Kitts flights offer travelers in those markets tremendous flexibility,” noted Bayard. “At the same time, our new Antigua–St. Lucia service stands out as the only direct flight connecting two of the Caribbean’s most popular tourist destinations. This creates exciting new options for multi-destination travel combining the sizzle of Antigua with the Creole savoir-faire of St. Lucia for the first time.”
News of Sunrise Airways’ expansion in the Eastern Caribbean follows the October 2023 announcement of the carrier’s first-ever flights to/from Miami.
The carrier also serves an additional 12 gateways across six Caribbean and Central American destinations – Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Panama City, and St. Maarten – and has plans to expand further in the Eastern Caribbean in 2024 and beyond.
SOURCE: SBPR Corp. PHOTO: Philippe Bayard, Chairman and CEO of Sunrise Airways.
This is good news for us in the Caribbean, but I still am wondering why it seems so difficult to have intra regional flights direct to Jamaica
It would have made sense to have direct flights to Barbados before any of these other countries.
Fantastic news for intraCaribbean travelers
I am hoping that the airline is also capable to deliver cargo because this is also essential for business.
Yes, like Franks, I will say Thank you to SUNRISE AIRWAYS !
Fantastic News for All of Us in the Caribbean !
I am ecstatic about the news. I was hoping that someone would start the service. Great news!
I am looking forward to my summer trip.
Thank you for this.
Where is this Airline Base?
Thank you Sunrise Airways because the entire Caribbean Islands Region needs better service. Instead of flying ✈ to Miami for cheaper flights. Please make it reasonable to
Dominate the entire Caribbean. Be the Southwest Airlines for the Caribbean Islands
. Your profits will thrive exponentially. The current Liat Airlines is expensive just to fly neighbor next door for 30 minutes flying ✈. Please Capitalize on this ignorance.
Where does this airline originate from? Can someone explain?
This Airline is based in Haiti 🇭🇹 it belongs to the Haitian man philippe Bayard… when the Haitian’s starts coming into st lucia filling up all the empty spaces I hope everyone’s is still excited..
I don’t fly airlines whose origin I do not know. U people had a great airline, Liat. Impeccable safety record. but lost it due to mismanagement and corruption aka black man economics . This airline must be from somewhere in Latin America.
Will this airline consider in the near future flights to Bvi
Would like flights from Barbados to BVI
Hope the prices will be cheaper to much high price just to Antigua
What about tha V I Ahh. St Croix to st Lucia
Liat could have done whatever these new airlines are proposing. It unfortunate it came to this…. think about it .. to avoid repeating this in other areas of Caribbean life
Liat could have done whatever these new airlines are proposing; unfortunate it came to this…. think about it so as to avoid repeating this in other areas of Caribbean life