Delta airlines, with service from their main hub in Atlanta, has indicated they will be using larger aircraft in anticipation of the tourist season and US Airways, which services the TCI from their Charlotte hub, will soon be operating 18 flights per week.
These three air carriers will be joined this year by WestJet. Spirit Airlines has remained silent regarding any resumption of flights from their Fort Lauderdale base. The Spirit flights provided a welcome alternative to crowded Miami. The prices were competitive and they provided direct competition to American Airlines from the same general South Florida area.
The local airline Air Turks and Caicos, owned and run by a nephew of former Premier Michael Misick, is celebrating the one year anniversary of the buyout of Sky King's routes. ATC has reportedly suffered a serious loss of business due to competition on the Provo-North Caicos route from high speed ferry operators, who charge less than half the airfare and readily carry quantities of baggage for low fares or gratis while ATC charges by the pound when the weight exceeds limits.
ATC has been spending money on television advertisements and the TCI Free Press has upbeat articles promoting the airline in every issue in recent weeks. It appears ATC has hired a motivational speaker, T. Scott Gross, who has been networking with ATC employees. He was quoted as saying, "You learn the most amazing things when talking to people."
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