Opposition questions Gov’t response to soaring airfares to Jamaica
Politics
Business
Finance
September 2, 2026
Share this article
Click to view full size
Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism and Linkages, Andrea Purkiss has called on Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett to explain what is being done to stop the decline in visitor arrivals and the soaring cost of air travel to Jamaica.
“Somewhere in Fort Lauderdale this morning there is a Jamaican woman wondering if she can afford to bury her mother,” Purkiss said in a press release Tuesday. “Ninety minutes of flying, but she’s being asked to pay US$3,700. That is not a fare. That is a wall.”
Checks in mid-August showed American Airlines quoting US$3,744 return between Montego Bay and Miami, with JetBlue’s Fort Lauderdale flights repeatedly sold out, the Opposition said.
Politics
Business
Finance
Need the bigger picture?
Share this article
Comments (0)
Download our mobile app
The portable companion to gazettE. Get notifications, track read articles, and more. The latest news from Trinidad and Tobago, in one place.
