Spirit Airlines and American Airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights in the last three days, and those cancellations have been affecting travelers to and from the U.S. Virgin Islands. The disruptions have hit Spirit harder, which cancelled over half of its flights on Tuesday as it continues to experience an operational collapse that has thrown its business into chaos for three consecutive days. According to flight-tracking website FlightAware, Spirit canceled 373 flights, or 54 percent of its schedule Tuesday, after canceling over 40 percent of its flights Monday and close to 20 percent on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported. A Spirit Airlines spokesman said “overlapping operational challenges” which included system outage, staffing shortage in some areas, and bad weather led to the cancellations. But the airline also canceled some…
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ST. CROIX — Would-be passengers of a Spirit Airlines' Monday afternoon flight never boarded the plane…
The V.I. Port Authority will receive roughly $7 million from the Federal Aviation Administration — part…
Port Authority, Dept. of Tourism Welcome Inaugural…
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Royal Caribbean Set to Make First Voyage to U.S.…
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Vaccinated Virgin Islanders Will Soon Be Recognized…
Ernice Gilbert June 08, 2021It's been an annoyance to many vaccinated Virgin Islanders: the requirement to take a Covid-19 test…
Bomb Threat at St. Croix Airport Causes Multiple…
Ernice Gilbert June 03, 2021ST. CROIX — A bomb threat at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport Thursday afternoon led to multiple flight…
AP — The Norwegian Cruise Line is seeking permission to resume trips from U.S. ports on July 4, requiring passengers and crew members to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at least two weeks before the ...
The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeing on average twenty-nine new arrivals of the major airlines daily, with the split overwhelmingly favoring St. Thomas 24-5. That's on average 2,500 people into the terri...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended that port and ship workers get vaccinated before leisure cruise travel resumes, though the agency stopped short of giving guidance ...
Following a meeting with American Airlines in Dallas, Texas on Friday, V.I. Dept. of Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte announced that the nation’s largest carrier will expand its service to the ...
ST. THOMAS — Construction of the Cyril E. King Airport’s new Parking and Transportation Center begins on Monday, the V.I. Port Authority has announced. During the first phase of construction, the ...
The U.S. Virgin Islands will welcome new flights from the New York tri-state area this summer when JetBlue Airways begins service between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Cyril E. King A...
ST. THOMAS — Affluent tourists with yachts searching for exotic destinations to ring in 2021 packed the territory's waters over the weekend, as many destinations remain closed or have implemented on...
The V.I. government is hopeful that its entry into American Airlines’ preflight testing program will strengthen efforts to minimize the spread of Covid-19 in the territory, according to the Dept. of...
The U.S. Virgin Islands has risen among the top destinations for American travelers in the Covid-19 era, as people looking for places to go shun Europe and head south, where a number of Caribbean dest...
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