New flights by British Airways to St Kitts and other Caribbean destination will mean an additional 2000 seats to the region.

With increasing frequency to St. Kitts, Grenada, Barbados and Bermuda are scheduled for next summer and the new flights from Gatwick to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Montego Bay in Jamaica will offer 2000 additional seats per week to the Caribbean from Gatwick.

BA will operate a total of 55 flights per week from London to the Caribbean, with 11 goals served from Gatwick and three from Heathrow.

British Airways, which began flying to St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in January will launch the second scheduled in March 2010.

The airline claims to now provide more seats to the Caribbean from the UK than any other airline. All long haul flights are operated with Boeing 777