Beachgoers may have a brand new approach to fly to Dominica within the Caribbean come September.
U.S. regional service 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 instances weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from Sept. 25
Each new routes might be booked through Contour’s web sites or through a restricted partnership with American Airways at AA.com. Nonetheless, 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 Airlines following in February 2025, schedule knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium exhibits. 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 International Airport (EWR).
Contour additionally partially replaces air service beforehand offered by Silver Airways, which shut down suddenly 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 inside the area and improves entry for guests, returning nationals and enterprise vacationers,” Denise Charles-Pemberton, the tourism, ports and worldwide transportation minister in Dominica, stated in a press release. “We look ahead to working with Contour Airways as a part of our ongoing efforts to assist sustainable tourism development and showcase Dominica’s pure and cultural choices.”
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