Condor Increases Flights to Barbados from Germany

Barbados is poised to receive increased arrivals from Germany following confirmation from Condor that they will be doubling their flights to the island from November 2010.

BTA’s aviation consultant, Neville Boxill, explained that this will result in two flights arriving each Monday (Frankfurt – Tobago – Barbados – Frankfurt) and Friday (Frankfurt – Barbados - St. Lucia – Frankfurt) utilizing a 270-seat Boeing 767 aircraft. Prior to this the service operated via Frankfurt – Barbados – Porlamar – Frankfurt.

Most importantly this arrangement is set to be year-round and will permit the creation of three, five, seven, 10 and 14-day packages, whereas before it would only have permitted 7 or 14-day packages. These flexible travel arrangements are expected to increase the appeal of the destination among consumers’ with variant travel windows.

Additionally, since natives to this region are accustomed to domestic air travel, it is expected that significant traffic from within Europe can also be fed to this gateway from neighboring market segments. Where possible, traffic will also be driven through the UK via British Airways, Virgin or charters.