Thursday, July 03, 2014
MINISTER of Tourism Dr Wykeham McNeill led a team of tourism officials and several representatives from the Montego Bay business community in welcoming the inaugural non-stop international flight from America's largest carrier, Southwest Airlines, to the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.
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| Minister of Tourism and Entertainment Dr Wykeham McNeill (right) is presented with a replica of a Southwest Airlines airplane by Captain Mark Schultz, during a welcome reception held on Tuesday at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay to welcome the carrier’s inaugural flight to Jamaica. |
The flight, from Baltimore/Washington International Airport, which touched down at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday, was the first of three for the day and ushered in the start of daily non-stop service from three major hubs in the United States to Jamaica.
There will be two flights daily from Baltimore/Washington into Montego Bay. The airline will also operate daily service out of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International and Orlando's International airports.
McNeill said the entry of Southwest into Jamaica will provide a "tremendous boost for our tourism".
"Southwest is an airline that has had tremendous success. It's the largest domestic airline in the United States and goes to almost every nook and cranny ...to almost every state in the US...so you are able to get persons out of all parts of the United States. Coming to Jamaica is a tremendous boost for our tourism because it opens up the entire US to their fantastic service and their airlines rewards programmes," McNeill said.
He noted that Southwest's entry into Jamaica is a "huge accomplishment" which spoke to the island's amazing attractions and strategic positioning in world tourism today. more
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