MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Jamaica is happy to have welcomed new continuous air service from Kansas Metropolis Worldwide Airport (MCI) in Missouri to Montego Bay’s Sangster Worldwide Airport (MBJ) by Southwest Airways on Saturday, October 7. This service is a continuation of the nation’s efforts to construct out new gateways and supply extra handy entry to the island for U.S. vacationers coming from the Midwest. The brand new flight is scheduled to function weekly on Saturdays.
“The midwestern United States is a rising and important marketplace for Jamaica and we’re excited to see carriers reminiscent of Southwest Airways develop their service to our island paradise,” mentioned the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica. “We wish to proceed to make attending to Jamaica as seamless as attainable. Southwest Airways is an impressive companion in serving to us obtain this aim, as evidenced by its continued gateway progress.”
The brand new flight is the one continuous service to Jamaica from the Kansas Metropolis market, opening this essential space to the vacation spot. With the addition of this new flight, Southwest now has seven gateways into Jamaica flying from Baltimore, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas Metropolis, Orlando and St. Louis.
“Jamaica has a novel vibe and tradition that not solely distinguishes the vacation spot from all others, however makes guests wish to go to time and again,” mentioned Donovan White, Director of Tourism, Jamaica Vacationer Board. “Thanks largely to the partnership we’re grateful to get pleasure from with Southwest Airways, we’re in a position to convey extra individuals to expertise our island residence from extra midwestern U.S. gateways.”