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Country Guide > Caribbean > Antigua and Barbuda | |
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Travel - International Air Antigua & Barbuda is served by several scheduled international airlines, including American Airlines, British Airways, BWIA, Sunsail Airways and Virgin Atlantic. LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport), Caribbean Star (8B) and BWIA provide scheduled passenger flights from Antigua to over 20 destinations in the Caribbean. Other airlines that fly to Antigua from the Caribbean include Air St Kitts/Nevis, CaribAviation, Caribbean Star Airlines and Montserrat Airways. Subsidiary companies of LIAT (Four Island Air Services Ltd and Inter Island Air Services Ltd) run flights within the Leeward Islands. Connections from North America are via San Juan and St Martin. Approximate flight times From St John’s to Frankfurt/M is nine hours 15 minutes, to London is eight hours, to Miami is three hours, to New York is four hours and to Toronto is four hours. International airports VC Bird International (ANU), formerly Coolidge International, located on the northeast corner of Antigua, is 8km (5 miles) northeast of St John’s. The airport provides access to major international centres, such as Frankfurt/M, London, Miami, Montréal, New York and Toronto, with feeder services to all the Eastern Caribbean islands, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Taxi services run to the town and hotels. Facilities include full outgoing duty free shopping, restaurant, bar, car hire and currency exchange. Departure tax EC$50 or US$20. EC$35 for nationals of CARICOM countries. EC$25 for nationals of Antigua and Barbuda. Children under 16 are exempt. Sea St John’s has a deep-sea harbour served by cruise liners from the USA, Puerto Rico, the UK, Europe and South America. Fly-cruises from London are available with Costa, Cunard, Holland America, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean and Royal Olympic. Many smaller ships sail to other Caribbean islands. |