BTMI Announces Return Of KLM Direct Service From Amsterdam

• Published date: 19 August 2022
• Subject Matter: Strategy, Industry Updates & Analysis, Investment Strategy
• Law Firm: Invest Barbados
• Author: Invest Barbados

Barbados has become the only Anglophone Caribbean island that will have a direct flight from Amsterdam via the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM).

After a successful first season of operations in winter 2021/2022, KLM will resume its flights to Barbados from October 18, 2022. The Dutch national airline will resume operations from Amsterdam to Barbados with three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Thanks to the accessibility provided at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the KLM connection is particularly attractive for passengers from Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and the Nordics.

CEO of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Jens Thraenhart, expressed that he is looking forward to the return of this flight as it further positions Barbados as an accessible island for our European tourists.

"The European market is an important market to Barbados and our offices in Europe have been working to find ways to make accessibility to Barbados easier for our European visitors. With KLM currently operating out of 90 cities in Europe, the resumption of this flight to Barbados strategically places the island as a reachable hub for all," Thraenhart said.

He added that: "We are pleased at KLM's confidence in building Barbados as a winter destination for its hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. We will be working on programmes in the market to support and...