Beachgoers may have a brand new method to fly to Dominica within the Caribbean come September.
U.S. regional provider Contour Airways will launch new flights linking Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM) on Dominica with Cyril E. King Airport (STT) on St. Thomas and San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín Worldwide Airport (SJU) on Sept. 24.
Contour will fly 30-seat Embraer regional jets with seats in a 2-1 structure on each routes. The airline offers complimentary drinks and snacks on board all its flights.
Listed here are particulars of the brand new routes:
- DOM-STT: Thrice weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from Sept. 24
- DOM-SJU: 4 occasions weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from Sept. 25
Each new routes could be booked through Contour’s web sites or through a restricted partnership with American Airways at AA.com. Nevertheless, reservations on American’s web site are solely bookable with money and never miles.
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The brand new Contour flights are the most recent in a flurry of recent U.S. air service to DOM. American started linking the island to Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA) in 2021, with United Airways following in February 2025, schedule knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium reveals. And, in December, BermudAir’s new subsidiary, AnguillAir, will join DOM with Baltimore/Washington Worldwide Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) and Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (EWR).
Contour additionally partially replaces air service beforehand supplied by Silver Airways, which shut down all of the sudden in June. Silver flew the DOM-SJU route till March, Cirium schedules present.
Contour will compete with Caribbean Airways on the DOM-SJU route however would be the sole operator on the DOM-STT route.
“This growth strengthens connectivity throughout the area and improves entry for guests, returning nationals and enterprise vacationers,” Denise Charles-Pemberton, the tourism, ports and worldwide transportation minister in Dominica, mentioned in a press release. “We sit up for working with Contour Airways as a part of our ongoing efforts to assist sustainable tourism progress and showcase Dominica’s pure and cultural choices.”
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