Looks like Caribbean Airlines is planning a return to London, but not to Heathrow.
The prized slots, which BWIA (the airline that shut down in late 2006 and was replaced by Caribbean Airlines) had used for decades, were sold when BWIA was dismantled.
So Caribbean Airlines plans to land at Gatwick when nonstop daily service is launched from Trinidad, TC hears.
Start date appears to be in mid-June. The current issue of the carrier’s in-flight magazine carries a full-page ad headlined “London … just got closer,” although the official announcement has yet to hit the press.
Two 767s leased from Lan Chile will service the route, according to the buzz.