Delta pull out of BGI (Barbados)
Aug 3, 2017, 1:24 am
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Delta pull out of BGI (Barbados)
Looking for a trip in the spring, and BGI is not giving any dates and delta gives a message that as of August 12th, service will be removed. Never saw any announcements regarding this.
Last edited by RacingJunkie; Aug 3, 2017 at 1:34 am
Aug 3, 2017, 5:00 am
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Can't say I'm surprised, unfortunately. I flew JFK-BGI on DL last February - it was only $380 R/T, with probably a 60% LF at best in Y. I'm sure it was bleeding cash.
Once we got there, BGI seemed to be 80% Brits - for whatever reason, it's just not a popular destination with Americans.
Once we got there, BGI seemed to be 80% Brits - for whatever reason, it's just not a popular destination with Americans.
Aug 3, 2017, 6:02 am
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Looks like they couldn't take the heat from B6. Up to 3x daily from JFK and a 3x weekly to daily (starting in November) flight from FLL had to be depressing yields. Looks like DL was down to just Saturday only service from ATL.
Aug 3, 2017, 8:02 am
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I flew with B6 to BGI from JFK last month. I'd say that B6 have that route tied up, plane was full both ways, tickets $1350 for two inc. 'extra space', booked 4 months ahead. Not cheap but no too expensive for a 5 hour flight each way.
Apr 4, 2022, 1:04 pm
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Anyone think this has a chance of coming back? For DL flyers based in North America, there's very little options (Westjet) to get to Barbados, otherwise, there needs to be a connection in LHR or AMS. It's surprising because B6 seems to be able to do quite well in BGI.
Apr 4, 2022, 8:42 pm
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Is WestJet connecting through Canada a legal routing from most DL USA airports to BGI?
Apr 5, 2022, 8:44 am
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By legal, I mean whether there's a published fare (using a single fare component in each direction and not broken fares), not whether it violates cabotage regulations.