ST JAMES, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MBJ Airports Shane Munroe has revealed that domestic flights between Montego Bay and Kingston are to resume.

“Certainly, that is something that the Jamaican aviation industry has not seen for a very long time,” remarked Shane Munroe.

Munroe made the revelation during a MBJ Airports Limited, the operates Sangster International Airport (SIA) in St James, bi-annual virtual airport forum on Wednesday.

The forum was held virtually on the Microsoft Teams platform.

He added that LIAT 2020 Limited, which is to operate the domestic service between Kingston and Montego Bay, will also be launching a service between Jamaica and Antigua.

“It has been a while since Montego Bay had direct connectivity to many Caribbean destinations and this may come as a surprise to some,” stated Munroe.

“We look forward to seeing direct flights between Montego Bay and Antigua and connectivity now being extended beyond Antigua to the eastern and southern Caribbean.”

According to Munroe, the inauguration flight between Jamaica and Antigua is scheduled for July 11.

He was however unable to say when the service between Kingston and Montego Bay will commence.

LIAT 2020 Limited commenced operations on 6 August 2024.

The airline, which was preceded by LIAT (1974), is a venture between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and Air Peace.

Following the discontinuation of domestic flights between Montego Bay and Kingston by Air Jamaica Express, a subsidiary of Air Jamaica, in 2015, Jam Airlink Express commenced operations in July 2019.

Jam Airlink Express no longer operates scheduled domestic flights.