AMERICAN AIRLINES ADDING MORE SEATS ON THE MIAMI-GRENADA ROUTE

MIAMI, Florida, April 9, 2010 – American Airlines will be adding a fourth non-stop flight between Miami and Grenada for the summer.

The additional service begins on Tuesday July 6^th and will operate until August 17^th.

American Airlines already offers three weekly (Wed, Fri & Sun) flights between Miami and Grenada while there are five weekly flights from San Juan, Puerto Rico with American Eagle.

American Airlines Flight AA2171 departs Florida’s Miami International Airport at 4:55 p.m. and arrives into the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) at 8:35 p.m. The return flight AA2140 departs the following morning at 10:15, arriving in Miami at 2:00 p.m.

The American Eagle ATR 72 aircraft with a seating capacity of 64 departs San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport at 6:15 p.m. arriving at MBIA at 8:29 p.m. American Eagle Flight 4843 departs Grenada at 6:55 a.m. an arrive in San Juan at 9:00 a.m.

Civil Aviation Minister Glynis Roberts and officials of the Grenada Airlift Committee were expected to meet with representatives of the airline here on Friday.

The Grenada delegation also met with officials of Delta Air Lines in Atlanta on Thursday where details of the commencement of non-stop service between New York and Grenada were finalised.

The world’s largest airline will operate two weekly flights from New York’s JFK International Airport to St. George’s starting on July 3^rd.

“What we need to do is to ensure that when they start they don’t stop. So we have to market the flights,” Minister Roberts said following the Atlanta talks.