Caribbean Airlines has cancelled its flights to/from St Maarten and Antigua for today Tuesday, August 13th.
BW416/417 will now operate the Trinidad-Barbados-Jamaica sectors return, overflying St Maarten. CAL’s BW 280/281 service from POS-Antigua return is also cancelled.
The airline says this is due to the closure of both St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) and Antigua’s V.C. Bird International Airport.
The V.C. Bird International Airport was closed at 8pm Monday night and is expected to reopen at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon. The Princess Juliana International Airport will close on Tuesday morning at 10:00am and reopen on Thursday morning at 7am.
According to a release, passengers impacted by these cancellations will be re-accommodated on the next available flight.
Tropical Storm Warnings are in place for a number of Caribbean islands.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for:
-St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda, and Anguilla
-Guadeloupe
-St. Martin and St. Barthelemy
-Sint Maarten
-British Virgin Islands
-U.S. Virgin Islands
-Puerto Rico
-Vieques
There are currently no watches or warnings in effect for Trinidad and Tobago.
Also, the TTMS says on this current track, this system should not directly impact T&T.