{"id":297861,"date":"2023-01-26T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=297861"},"modified":"2023-01-26T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T16:00:56","slug":"american-airlines-to-operate-four-weekly-flights-to-dominica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/aviation\/american-airlines-to-operate-four-weekly-flights-to-dominica\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines to operate four weekly flights to Dominica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264076\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-264076\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Denise-Charles-642x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denise Charles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourism Minister Denise Charles has announced that effective February 4, American Airlines will operate four flights into Dominica weekly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The minister made the statement during an interview with State-Owned Radio\u00a0DBS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn February 4, we will have four flights weekly,\u201d she said. \u201cRight now we have three flights on American Airlines, [and] from February 4, four flights and then there will be another review up till May and then we have an opportunity as I said in June to go back to daily [flights].\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles continued, \u201cSo far we are seeing that the bookings for June in discussions with them is about 60 percent, so if we get to about 80 percent we definitely will have a strong case for daily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Charles stated that one of the reasons American Airlines reduced their flights is because of internal challenges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne thing I must say is that one of the other reasons that American Airlines reduced their flights is also because they have internal challenges,\u201d she revealed. \u201cWe may not be aware but globally all airlines have difficulties in terms of staff retention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles went on to state that there was a major change in policies which caused many pilots to retire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo most airlines are challenged with human resource capacity&#8211;even those services in the region,\u201d she remarked. \u201cIt\u2019s very challenging for them to retain staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said as much as most airlines would like to offer Dominica many more services they are restricted because of their staff component.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn that regard, we have to make much greater effort to market the destination,\u201d Charles stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She explained that every three to six months American Airlines and other regional airlines will review their schedules to see what is the demand for the destination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTherefore, what we have to do together with the private sector, the stakeholders, the accommodation sector, tour operators, taxi, and the media is to promote our destination daily,\u201d Charles advised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She added, \u201cImagine all of us flood social media with posts of the attractive sites we have, people enjoying themselves in nature, what a great difference it will make.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Tourism Minister Denise Charles has announced that effective February 4, American Airlines will operate four flights into Dominica weekly. 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