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Air Jamaica Announces Flight Cancellations for Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004 Due to Hurricane Ivan; Ticket-change Restrictions Further Relaxed.


MIAMI -- Air Jamaica Jamaica (jəmā`kə), independent state within the Commonwealth (2005 est. pop. 2,732,000), 4,232 sq mi (10,962 sq km), coextensive with the island of Jamaica, West Indies, S of Cuba and W of Haiti. Jamaica is the largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba and Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Kingston. has cancelled its full flight schedule for tomorrow, Saturday September 11, 2004 as a result of Hurricane Ivan. This includes all service into and out of Jamaica, all inter-island service, as well as all flights to the 11 remaining Caribbean destinations served by the carrier.

Air Jamaica has also further relaxed its ticket-change restrictions, allowing passengers booked for travel beginning between now and September 15, 2004 to change their itineraries without penalty. The previous cut-off date was September 13, 2004. Air Jamaica will issue travel vouchers equal to the total value of the original booking for flights to any Air Jamaica destination. Vouchers may be redeemed for travel to be completed up to one (1) year from the date the voucher is issued. Passengers have 21 days from the original date of travel to request vouchers.

Passengers are advised to keep a record of their locator codes to facilitate the processing of changes.

Air Jamaica operates more than 400 weekly flights to 12 Caribbean destinations from 15 U.S. gateways. In addition to its home island of Jamaica, Air Jamaica serves Antigua, Barbados, Bonaire Bonaire (bônĕr`), island (1990 est. pop. 11,000), 112 sq mi (290 sq km), in the Netherlands Antilles, West Indies. Kralendijk is the chief town. Tourism is the economic mainstay, though salt mining is also a significant industry. The island is known for its fine beaches, skin diving, and pink flamingos., Curacao, Grand Cayman, Grenada Grenada (grĭnā`də), independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations (2005 est. pop. 89,500), 133 sq mi (344 sq km), in the Windward Islands, West Indies., Haiti, Nassau, Providenciales, Santo Domingo and St. Lucia.

For updates on Air Jamaica schedule changes, call 1-800-523-5585, or visit http://www.airjamaica.com.

About Air Jamaica

Air Jamaica is a service-oriented passenger airline offering travelers a level of comfort, convenience and amenities not commonly found in air travel today. All Air Jamaica flights feature hot meals and unlimited complimentary champagne, wine and beer for all passengers of legal drinking age. Even Air Jamaica's flight schedules are developed with the customer in mind - arrival times are set early enough and departure times late enough to ensure travelers maximize precious vacation time. The Air Jamaica fleet is comprised of 20 new Airbus A320, A321 and A340 aircraft, the most modern fleet serving the Caribbean.
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