St Vincent and the Grenadines international airport will see an escalation in international traffic from October 20, 2021.
Argyle International Airport, which opened in 2017, saw a fall in international travellers due to the pandemic.
However, come October 20, major international carriers Caribbean Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and American Airlines will touch down on runway 02.
Virgin’s inaugural flight on October 13 will mark the beginning of a twice-weekly service on Wednesdays and Sundays from London’s Heathrow to SVG’s Argyle Airport.
The service will be operated by an A330-300 aircraft with 31 Upper Class, 48 Premium, and 185 Economy seats.
With its direct flight from JFK International in Queens, New- York, Caribbean Airlines will resume service on October 20.
CAL will operate a Boeing 737-800 on the 4hrs and 45min flight from New York to St Vincent.
American Airlines is also expected to recommence its twice-weekly flights Wednesday, October 20 and Saturday 23.
The Dallas Forth Worth carrier is currently operating an SVG -Miami flight on Saturdays.
American weekly flights will arrive via the European made Airbus A319.
New entry protocols being explored will see the traveller providing documentation for verification before boarding a flight to the island and PCR testing carried out at a different location and not at the port of entry.
Air Canada, which should have resumed flights on November 1, will now restart on December 6.
As of Wednesday, October 6, health officials said One thousand, three hundred and four (1304) cases are currently active, and thirty-three (33) persons with COVID-19 have died.
Three thousand eight hundred and sixty-six (3866) cases of COVID-19 and two thousand, five hundred and twenty-nine (2529) recoveries have been recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020.
