Southwest Airlines announced Monday that it will begin flying into St. Thomas beginning next year. This means that eight airlines will soon service the Cyril E. King airport.
Southwest did not give an exact date that service will begin other than in early 2026. They also did not announce which airports they would fly out of .
Southwest joins Delta, American Airlines, JetBlue, United, Spirit, Frontier, Sun Country and Cape Air. Silver ceased operations earlier this year.
Visitors to St. John must fly in and out of St. Thomas. The airport code is STT. From the airport, travelers must ferry over to St. Thomas from either Red Hook (30 minute taxi ride), Crown Bay (five-minute taxi ride), or Charlotte Amalie (10-minute taxi ride). The ferry rides take between 15 and 45 minutes depending on the port.
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