(Trinidad Express) Regional airline REDjet announced that the airline’s fares from Jamaica to both Barbados and Trinidad went on sale yesterday via the airline’s website www.flyredjet.com and through its call centre and retail locations.
The announcement came after REDjet got the green light to operate in Jamaica from the Civil Aviation Authority.
“REDjet will commence ticket sales for routes in and out of Jamaica this Friday through our website. Persons can also purchase tickets through our call centres and payment outlets in all the countries where there is a REDjet operation,” said business development director Robbie Burns.
REDjet will operate the Barbados-to-Jamaica and Trinidad-to-Jamaica routes. REDjet is confident it will manage the new passenger load with a recently acquired third aircraft, Nickitastic. Fares for these routes will start at US$9.99 each way, exclusive of taxes and charges.
“Our first flights to Jamaica will begin on November 20 from both Trinidad and Barbados. We know that many of our customers and regional travellers have been waiting on the launch of these routes,” Burns said.
He said “the airline will operate flights to and from Barbados twice weekly, and the same will go for Trinidad”.
Burns added that having personally lived in Jamaica, he could attest to the current headaches associated with intra-Caribbean travel.
REDjet said its fleet will increase to five aircraft, with one aircraft due to be in service by December and another during the first quarter of 2012.
Burns revealed that REDjet also entered into a wet-lease agreement with an airline that has five aircraft that are on standby in the United States “whenever we may need them”, reassuring customers that the airline will be able to handle the passenger load.
The airline recently suffered mechanical problems with one of its aircraft, forcing the cancellation of several flights between the islands.