ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica has welcomed the decision by American Airlines to begin daily flights into the island from the United States, with Tourism, International Transport and Maritime Initiatives Minister Denise Charles describing it “as a fascinating time for us.
“We have finally commenced daily flights from the US market, and I can tell you we are seeing an increase in visitors from the US because of the direct flights on American Airlines.
‘In 2019, for example, we had about 14 percent visitors from the US market, and already, just looking at the data for March 2022 compared to March 2019, we saw that the number of people coming from the US to Dominica has already doubled,” Charles said.
American Airlines had last year started serving the route with two flights weekly, increasing the service to three flights and a daily service effective the week of April 4.
Charles said, as a result, Dominica will have daily flights out of Miami, adding, “this is an exciting time for us,” urging stakeholders to take advantage of the new initiative.
“That has made a tremendous difference in the number of people visiting us from our primary source market, which is great for the resorts and the hoteliers and tour operators. The hotels are reporting an increase in bookings; many people come here for scuba diving and wellness packages.
“So it means we are recovering post-COVID tourism industry is seeing strong signs of recovery, and we have to continue as a people to promote our destination,” Charles added.
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