Two international airlines have committed scheduled flights to Antigua, increasing total airlift to the country, Tourism Minister John Maginley reported.

The Antigua Hotel & Tourist Association (AHTA) has decried the impact of an increase in Britian’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) that took effect on Sunday, saying the tax is another harsh blow to the already challenged sector.

Golfers in the International Women’s Club Golf for Education Tournament get a bonus this year – the opportunity to win two round-trip tickets to London on Virgin Atlantic in a raffle that will be held just for the participating golfers.

British Airways (BA) has singled out the UK’s sky-high Air Passenger Duty (APD) tax as the main reason why it has decided to cut the amount of flights it makes to the Caribbean in 2012.

Airlines flying into the VC Bird International Airport are counting their losses after Chevron fuel attendants staged a two-day sickout here for the second time in weeks, forcing aircraft to refuel elsewhere.

Chevron Corporation’s fuel attendants at VC Bird International Airport returned to duty on the weekend after staging industrial action Saturday over payment of severance and other entitlements – but sources said despite the employees’ return their grievances have not yet been resolved.

Registrations are going well for the second edition of Les Voiles de St Barth to be held April 4 to 9, with 40 boats having signed up in the five categories competing (Super Maxi, Classic, Racing, Racing-Cruising, and Racing-Multihull).