Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas - A Ministry of Tourism
team was on the ground making sure that everyone felt welcomed and received
a gift as they disembarked from Delta’s direct inaugural flight from
New York (via John F Kennedy Airport) to Grand Bahama.
The airline will use a CR9
Aircraft with a seating capacity of 76-passengers. Flights will run
Thursday through Sunday.
The flights will be packaged
through Delta Vacations and participating hotels include the Radisson
at Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resorts, The Reef Village at Our Lucaya
Beach & Golf Resort, Pelican Bay Hotel & Suites, Viva Wyndham
Fortuna Resort, and Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour.
Pictured making sure visitors
receive their gift bag from left: Debbie Hyler, Manager, Ports of Entrée,
MOT; Keren Seymour, Director, MOT - Grand Bahama Island; Don Cornish,
Administrator, Officer of the Prime Minister and Gary Gilbert, CEO,
Grand Bahama International Airport. (BIS photo/Vandyke Hepburn)
Atlantic
Southeast currently has a presence in Grand Bahama operating two weekly
flights between Grand Bahama and Atlanta. Effective Dec 12th Atlantic
Southeast commenced daily flights. However, on Dec 26th, Jan 1st and
2nd, flights will be operated by Delta Mainline (MD80) with the following
schedule:
5611
ATL- FPO 1000-1210 CRJ700/900 Daily
5610 FPO - ATL 1245 - 1445 CRJ700/900 Daily
Comair
will resume services into Grand Bahama on Dec 18th with four flights
weekly between Grand Bahama and New York as scheduled below:
6713
JFK - FPO 1100-1420 CRJ700/900 3,4,5,6
6668 FPO - JFK 1500- 1835 CRJ700/900 3,4,5,6
Gary Gilbert, CEO Grand Bahama Airport Company, Freeport Container Port and Freeport Harbour Company, welcomes Captain Gene Johnson and the crew of the Delta flight making its inaugural trip to Grand Bahama with over 50 passengers. Left to right are Phil Carey, Director, GBAC; First Officer Thomas Richardson; Flight Attendant Crystal Wight; Debbie Huyler, Manager Tourism Services and Ports of Entry; Flight Attendant Kim Domokos; Sherry Brookes, GBAC Corporate Affairs Manager; Gary Gilbert; Karen Seymour, Director/Grand Bahama Tourism Office; and Don Cornish, Administrator, Office of the Prime Minister.
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