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   From: drmayr@btinternet.com   
      
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   BWIA confirms their BFS/PIK flights   
      
   2 November 2004.BWIA West Indies Airways, the international airline of the   
   Caribbean, has announced the introduction of flights from Glasgow Prestwick   
   International and Belfast International.   
      
   The weekly service from Prestwick will fly non-stop to Barbados, continuing   
   to Port of Spain, Trinidad, with connections available to Tobago. The   
   Belfast service will operate non-stop to Barbados and continue to Port of   
   Spain. Both flights are scheduled to operate with an Airbus A340-300   
   aircraft in a two-class configuration, with introductory fares starting at   
   £299 in Economy and £999 in Business/First.   
      
      
   Glasgow flights will depart from Prestwick on Saturdays at 14.10hrs,   
   arriving in Barbados at 18.40 hrs, continuing to Port of Spain and arriving   
   at 20.15 hrs. The Belfast flights will operate on Sundays at 15.50 hrs,   
   arriving in Barbados at 20.20 hrs, continuing to Port of Spain and arriving   
   at 21.55 hrs.   
      
   Return flights to Glasgow depart on Fridays from Port of Spain at 20.30 hrs   
   and Barbados at 22.05 hrs, arriving in Prestwick on Saturdays at 13.35 hrs   
   following an intermediate stop in Manchester. Flights to Belfast depart on   
   Saturdays from Port of Spain at 22.15 hrs and Barbados at 23.50 hrs,   
   arriving in Belfast on Sundays at 15.05 hrs via Manchester.   
      
   The new services will launch on 16 January 2005, bringing BWIA's UK service   
   points to four, and with the range of connections available in the   
   Caribbean, clearly put BWIA as the lead carrier from the UK to the   
   Caribbean. BWIA currently offers a daily service from London Heathrow to   
   Port of Spain, Trinidad, daily to Tobago, twice-weekly to Antigua,   
   three-times weekly to Barbados and twice-weekly to St. Lucia.   
      
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