Tag: British Airways
British Airways resumes weekly flight
(CNS) The tourism ministry has confirmed that British Airways will resume its commercial regular weekly flight service between Grand Cayman and London Heathrow from Monday 27 September. The airline will operate a variable schedule three times per week based on a seasonal timetable and travel demand, flying via Nassau, Bahamas. As that country is on […]
BA adds two more flights for September
(CNS): British Airways has confirmed two additional flights next month following a request from the tourism minister as a result of the demand, largely from students and their parents. The two additional flights will leave London Heathrow on 1 and 15 September, returning the following days. The ministry said this doubles the number of return […]
Tourism ministry asks BA for more flights
(CNS): British Airways has now confirmed eight fortnightly repatriation flights over the next three months between London and Grand Cayman, but given the demand over the summer, especially for students coming home from school and college for the summer vacation, the Ministry of Tourism and Transport is asking the airline to schedule two more flights […]
BA repatriation schedule still in the works
(CNS): Government officials have said that until the borders reopen and commercial flights begin operating once again, the only passenger flights approved to operate during this period are to facilitate repatriation travel. While government said it is continuing to work closely with British Airways to secure a consistent flight schedule to and from the UK, […]
Traveller turned away over expired COVID test
(CNS): One person was denied boarding for a British Airways flight to the Cayman Islands on Thursday, the first day of the new requirement that all passengers heading here have a negative COVID-19 test that is less than 72 hours old and from an accredited laboratory. Officials said that over 200 passengers travelling to Cayman […]
Six BA air-bridge links set for next two months
(CNS): Officials have confirmed that there will be just six British Airways flights in December and January, as the air-bridge between London and Grand Cayman will not be operating after the 15 December flight until 5 January. Since last week there has been a surge in public complaints and concerns about ‘ghost flights’ and confusion […]
BA flight threatened by UK lockdown
(CNS): Government officials are warning that, as England heads into another full lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes a restriction on leisure travel, the British Airways link between Grand Cayman and London could be stalled. The Cayman Islands Government Office in the UK is now in discussions with the Foreign, Commonwealth […]
UK’s COVID-19 cases rise ahead of isolation trial
(CNS): On the eve of a trial run for new COVID-19 isolation protocols with selected passengers arriving on a British Airways flight from London, the UK saw its highest number of cases in one day since May. While the Cayman Islands had 140 negative COVID-19 tests on Wednesday, there were almost 4,000 new cases in […]
Cayman Islands soft border opening delayed
(CNS): Plans to reopen the Cayman Islands’ borders on 1 September have been postponed until 1 October and possibly beyond, in the face of rising infection rates around the world, especially in the United States. This follows several weeks of speculation that the planned soft opening to visitors was unlikely to happen next month. However, […]
100s more expats leave on repatriation flights
(CNS): Government has not given an official estimate for the current population of the Cayman Islands but evacuation flights continue, with hundreds more expatriates leaving this weekend on flights to India, Jamaica and the US. More flights will be departing this week and next to Canada, Miami and Kingston. According to unofficial estimates, the population […]
BA finds way to get Indian nationals home
(CNS): After long negotiations regarding the personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements for flight crews flying into India, the governor’s office has found a solution to get several hundred people stranded in Cayman without work back to their home country. A British Airways evacuation flight in July will take about 300 Indian nationals to London, from […]
