American Airline announces new Jamaica service from November

This November American Airlines continues to strengthen its presence in Jamaica with the launch of new service between Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay (MBJ) and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York (JFK). Starting on Thursday, November 21, the new route will be operated daily with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

“American’s rich history in Jamaica spans more than four decades and today includes an operation of up to 15 daily flights to Montego Bay and Kingston as well as a team of almost 100 people,” said Alfredo Gonzalez, American’s Managing Director for the Caribbean.

“We look forward to the launch of our new Montego Bay service this coming November, further strengthening Jamaica as a tourist destination by providing nonstop access to the extensive network that we operate out of JFK, which includes up to 111 daily flights to nearly 40 destinations around the world,” he further added.

American began service to Jamaica on March 2, 1977 and during the high season offers more than 95 weekly flights from Kingston (KIN) and MBJ to the airline’s hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami and Philadelphia as well as to Boston.

American Airlines offers customers 6,800 daily flights to more than 365 destinations in 61 countries from its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. With a shared purpose of caring for people on life’s journey, American’s 130,000 global team members serve more than 200 million customers annually.

Since 2013, American has invested more than $25 billion in its product and people and now flies the youngest fleet among U.S. carriers, equipped with industry-leading high-speed Wi-Fi, lie-flat seats, more in-flight entertainment and power.

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