Flights Into SXM Post Irma

[andynap]

There is a great Marriot at the Philadelphia airport

True but Marybeth and Randy like Center City. More dining choices.

 

[KevinS]

Look for AA to start a second daily flight between Miami and SXM on November 5th. That's the good news. The bad news is that SBH passengers using that service will have to overnight at SXM in both directions.

The new MIA-SXM flight will depart MIA at 17:35, arriving in SXM at 21:34, which will require SBH passengers to either overnight in SXM or arrange for a charter boat.

The new SXM-MIA flight will depart SXM at 09:00, arriving in MIA at 11:17. The bad news is that there are no scheduled inter-island flights early enough for passengers to make the connection to the AA flight.

Perhaps SBC or Winair will see the AA flight as justification for a new earlier flight into SXM.

 

[amyb]

Sire hope the St Martin hotels are serious about their restorations and repairs. The St Martin people need tourists to go and to stay there and not just be an airline hub or transfer point.

 

[elgreaux]

Look for AA to start a second daily flight between Miami and SXM on November 5th. That's the good news. The bad news is that SBH passengers using that service will have to overnight at SXM in both directions.

The new MIA-SXM flight will depart MIA at 17:35, arriving in SXM at 21:34, which will require SBH passengers to either overnight in SXM or arrange for a charter boat.

The new SXM-MIA flight will depart SXM at 09:00, arriving in MIA at 11:17. The bad news is that there are no scheduled inter-island flights early enough for passengers to make the connection to the AA flight.

Perhaps SBC or Winair will see the AA flight as justification for a new earlier flight into SXM.

Didn't there used to be a 7am or 7.30am out of SBH > SXM?

 

[KevinS]

Didn't there used to be a 7am or 7.30am out of SBH > SXM?

There were none listed for either airline on the date that I checked.

 

[NovaMike]

United seems to have direct flights IAD-SXM on Saturdays in December- at least for the dates I checked. Arrive sxm at 1:30pm. Depart sxm at 4:25pm.

Now will they actually keep those flights is another question. But those times are ideal

 

[dadto6]

Good Luck NovaMike
I purchased non-stops from Dulles in January, April, July and November. All have been canceled through the July trip when United advertised they would be commencing flights. Still no word yet on November but I am not hopeful. Liars! is all I can say

 

[KevinS]

The JetBlue nonstop from JFK to SXM is now listed into early January.

 

[BriCin]

We still have not booked our flight for October 13 to 21st. We live just north of Baltimore md. Most likely we fly out of JFK on jet blue. We just hate the 4 hour drive in and out to JFK.

We we are going to fly out of Philadelphia but that direct flight is canceled.

 

[thomasj]

****UPDATE APRIL 29****

Good Evening Folks,
I'm back online and had some time tonight so thought to update the flight list, not too many changes this time, but lets hope more flights get added as SXM stabilizes. I hope everyone is doing well!

- All this was sourced from each respective airline direct as well as cross referenced with Google Flights. Let me know if I missed any, but from what I can see as of today.

(non-stop flights only)

Air Canada
YYZ - SXM: resumes Dec 15 - 1 weekly on Saturdays,

Air Caraibes
ORY - SXM: 1 weekly on Saturdays until July 5 when Thursday flights resume. Nov 7 moves to Wednesday and Friday flights.

Air France
CDG - SXM: effective May 2 Wednesday flights, then June 23 adds Saturdays, will be Wed/Sat all summer season. End of October appears to jump to 5 weekly (Daily except Tuesday/Friday) for Fall and Winter seasons, however I'm sure that will change.

American Airlines
MIA - SXM: operating 1 flight daily. 2nd daily resumes Dec 19 - this one cheeses me off, as both flights are terrible for connections to SBH. Too LATE!
JFK - SXM: Suspended until Dec 19 - when daily resumes all winter.
PHL - SXM: Suspended until Dec 19 when daily resumes
CLT - SXM: Suspended until Nov 4 when daily resumes and then from Dec 19 increases to 2 daily flights. YEAH! For now also on peak Saturdays (over Christmas) 3 flights are showing.

Delta Airlines
ATL - SXM: Currently 3 times per week (Tue/Sat/Sun) from June 12, 4 times per week (Tue/Wed/Sat/Sun) and Dec 18 daily resumes
JFK - SXM: Saturday flights now resume Oct 6. From Dec 20 Daily resumes.

JetBlue
JFK - SXM: Currently 1 Daily.

KLM
AMS - SXM: Currently 2 weekly (Sun/Fri) until Oct 30 when 3 weekly resumes (Tue/Fri/Sun)

Spirit Airlines
FLL - SXM: resumes May 5 - 1 weekly on Saturday.

United Airlines
EWR - SXM: Currently 1 weekly (Sat), from Oct 27 - 2 weekly (Sat/Sun) and Dec 19 - daily resumes. Peak Christmas 2 flights on Saturdays and Sundays.
IAD - SXM: resumes Nov 3 - 1 weekly on Saturdays
ORD - SXM: resumes Nov 3 - 1 weekly on Saturdays

Westjet
YYZ - SXM: resumes May 20 - 1 weekly on Saturdays, from Nov 1 - 3 weekly (Thu/Fri/Sun), Nov 18 - 4 weekly (Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun)
YUL - SXM: does not seem to be back for next Winter.

 

[TPunch42]

Looking forward to AA JFK resuming as it's our favorite redeye through to SXM. . Traveling long hauls though haven't changed much for us since IRMA. RED EYES fix a lot of these problems and we are used to that. ;P But connections home mostly likely will include an overnight in MIA for a while. In some ways that's a stress reducer as we have gotten stuck in customs a couple of times and missed our next flight. However, bc we are planning a 24 hour stop we will have time to enjoy a little South Beach before heading home. Sounds fun instead of stressful and allows us to fly directly into San Diego which is much better than arriving at midnight in LA and then overnighting there somewhere...

 

[ronpeter]

Egads, the things we do to get to St Barth from the west coast! We've got only one (affordable) option this year: a two hour drive to catch the JetBlue redeye from SFO to JFK, then the next day to SXM and SBH. Home to villa is just short of 24 hours. Ugh. And coming back isn't any better. Reverse routine by leaving St Barth at noon and arrive in San Francisco at 1am. The only bright spot is a Park Sleep and Fly hotel next to SFO. So we can crash right after we get off the plan and have a leisurely drive home the next day. All for the same price as a shuttle and cheaper than long term parking. But of course, it will all be worth it! :blush-smile:

 

[shihadehs]

We had a short time living in California many years back and we never missed our St. Bart's trip...it was quite the journey

 

[TPunch42]

FF miles help us a lot and we have gotten used to the red eye. It is quite the journey but we wouldn't miss it for the world.

 

[dadto6]

Thank you again to Thomas for his efforts to keep the thread active.

 

[thomasj]

my pleasure!
it now looks like it will come in even more handy as i just booked a July trip down to SBH - WOO HOO!

 

[dadto6]

Hope it overlaps with ours 7/28-8/4

 

[thomasj]

VERY nice! I'm actually in SBH 7/22-7/29 flying out on Westjet on July 29 (fingers crossed/hope the flight sticks!!!) Westjet keeps pushing the start date out...

 

[Jim A]

The JetBlue nonstop from JFK to SXM is now listed into early January.

And only $469 RT for our flight down in November. I guess we are lucky to live in NY when it comes to getting to SBH

 

[amyb]

Jim that is so true.So many more opportunities and routes to get here from JFK.