IT IS “critical for the Bahamas as a destination” that a “disconcerting” trend that saw the cost of flights from major US hubs to Nassau rise by an average of 41 per cent in February over last year be addressed, said Kerzner International’s Bahamas’ president.
In an exclusive interview with The Tribune yesterday, George Markantonis said the company that owns and operates Atlantis has noticed “worrisome” increases over the last year in the cost of travel to The Bahamas by air.
Figures obtained in the last several days by Kerzner International from the Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board show the total number of flights coming into The Bahamas was down year-over-year by 16.3 per cent in March, with the number of seats available to buy correspondingly reduced by 16.5 per cent.
