FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, January 4, 2024 — Sherrexia Rolle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Air, has announced a new route for the airline from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Freeport, Grand Bahama.
“We have been working for the past year and a half on trying to find the right time but also going through all the regulatory checks to ensure we’re good to go,” Rolle said. We’ve been approved by all the relevant agencies, so now it’s just fine tuning a few other things but we certainly hope the first quarter in 2024 will start off with that launch.”
Commenting on plans for the new route saying, Rolle said, “We will start off with one flight potentially around 9:30am leaving Freeport around 9:30am. Our prices certainly will be competitive. I don’t have the exact pricing as yet. As we know everything is based on fuel prices, but all things considered we certainly will be competitive. We certainly will have discounted prices on very seasonal times and we will transfer over the frequent flyer program as well.”
Noting that the airline will not have pre-clearance for this new route and will operate from its private terminal, Rolle added, “Of course, that will be for people with U.S. visas only or U.S. residents/green card holders. So, they will clear U.S. Customs upon their arrival as is being done right now in Fort Lauderdale.”
Western Air is the largest privately owned airline in The Bahamas.
