Caribbean Holidays : Caribbean Flights

All our Caribbean prices are based on flights with British Airways in World Traveller class. We can also offer flights with Virgin Atlantic and Monarch Airlines.

Some 'direct' transatlantic flights to the Caribbean fly a triangular route, stopping at a couple of Caribbean islands before returning to the UK. A 'direct' Caribbean flight may therefore stop for about an hour at one island en route to your final destination and on going passengers do not usually disembark. A provisional schedule of flying times will be advised with your confirmation invoice.

We allow a minimum of two hours changeover between transatlantic and local flights. If this is a little too long for you, we can arrange for a local charter airline to whisk you off to your dream island often for a modest extra cost.

If you are booking local UK connecting flights we suggest that you purchase fully flexible tickets, as we cannot accept responsibility for any delays which may cause you to miss a domestic connecting flight as a result of the late arrival of the preceding flight. Alternatively, if you are flying with British Airways, we can book a connecting flight for you from a regional airport, from £40 per person return.

Days of operation

Antigua

BA: non stop from Gatwick daily (daily except Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in summer)
bmi: non stop on Fridays from Manchester
Virgin: non stop from Gatwick on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. (via Barbados on Fridays in summer)

Barbados

BA: non stop daily from Gatwick
bmi non stop from Manchester on  Mondays and Saturdays.
Virgin: non stop daily from Gatwick and on Sundays from Manchester

Grenada

BA: via Antigua on Tuesdays and Fridays from Gatwick (and Tuesdays only via Antigua in summer)
Virgin:  Thursdays via Tobago.

St Lucia

BA: Wednesdays and Sundays, via Antigua, from Gatwick
Virgin: non-stop on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays from Gatwick.

Tobago

BA: via Antigua on Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays  from Gatwick. (Sundays and Thursdays via Antigua in summer)
Virgin: non stop on Thursdays from Gatwick

St Kitts and Nevis

Caribbean Departure Tax

All Caribbean Airports charge a departure tax, payable in cash, in local currency or US dollars. Adult departure tax, at date of publishing this guide are:

Antigua $20 Barbados $20
BVI $10 Grenada $20
Nevis $13.5 St Kitts $20
St Vincent $15 Tobago $17
St Lucia $22

NB no tax is payable for passengers in transit. Above taxes are quoted in US$.