The most comfortable and convenient way to travel to St Barths is daily scheduled flights on Tradewind Aviation.
Flights to St Barths are available from San Juan, St. Thomas and Antigua. You'll be flown by two pilots in a spacious, turbine-powered Pilatus PC-12 plane that feels like a private charter, but costs much less.
Expect courteous service and convenient schedules that make your arrival in St Barths a pleasure.
You may never want to fly to the St Barths airport, formally known as Gustaf III Airport, any other way. With hubs in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Antigua and the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas, passengers flying with Tradewind Aviation can easily connect with virtually all major airlines from the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America.
Better yet, the customs and immigration process for Americans traveling through San Juan airport is streamlined given that Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory. Tradewind operates a private lounge at San Juan airport where passengers may relax and enjoy refreshments and WIFI before flight time.
Also available at San Juan is their "VIP Experience" service for smooth and stress-free transfers between flights ($250 per group arriving on the same airline flight).
With Tradewind Itinerary, changes are free and shuttle tickets are interchangeable with family and friends. Luggage is free (max 50 lbs / 23 kg total per person). Pets are welcome (pet limits apply).
Call us today at 1-401-849-8012 to set-up your flights to the Caribbean, or complete our online form to set up your flights to the Caribbean.
Full equipped to exceed FAA standards with the latest navigational and safety technology.
Sorry about that. The fact is that it is more expensive.
So why should I bother? - Well for one thing it's your vacation! You are probably splurging for a lot of other things, and splurging for one of the most comfortable charter planes anywhere in the Caribbean may just be worth it.
And if you have properly tagged your bags - The ground folks in SJU will collect your bags at the same time as you are being escorted over to your waiting plane, which means your luggage will get to SBH at the same time you do! (Now there's a plus! - We all, regulars as it were, have had the experience of arriving into SBH hours or sometimes days before our bags.)
The seats on these planes are truly first class, more first-class than your American or Continental First Class. So pop open the complimentary split of Champers, or a cold water and relax.
And; Oh and by the way, these planes are Air-conditioned. Yep. That makes a difference... An hour of quiet peaceful air-conditioned splendor in a plane designed to allow you to arrive in St. Bart's rested and un-hassled - As opposed to that little St. Martin experience which somehow after a long early morning tends to take some of the joy out of the trip, means your are going to be in a great mood!
Plus, as rumor has it, the old Transit gate in SXM will no longer be operational in the New SXM airport - Not that it made that much difference since you still had to go through SXM Security anyway.
And talking about avoiding the St. Maarten airport experience - As you think about your return flight you can think about the idea of leaving when you want!! "Leave when I want? - un-hunh -
Think I'll take that evening Jet Blue flight back to NYC from SJU and have my last lunch at Eden Rock and wander over to the Airport and hop my Charter flight .." Oh yeah and here's another 'by the way' - Skip SXM and skip security, which means just once in SJU.
So let's see what were the benefits of a Charter flight? Go when I want to go.. at my speed.. . cool, escorted, and most importantly - I get to feel important!! Oops. No. I get to avoid the St Maarten Airport Transit & luggage experience.
On the other hand...
"Oh tough - so you have to sweat it a little...that's part of the fun, Dude" - Well the "fun" can get "old." Your choice...
Call us at WIMCO's Air Department - 1-401-849-8012 - to arrange your scheduled or private charter flight via Tradewind Aviation from San Juan to St. Barts.
Please fill out the form below and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.