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Travel - International Air Antigua & Barbuda is served by several scheduled international airlines, including Air Canada, Air Jamaica, American Airlines, British Airways, BWIA, US Air and Virgin Atlantic. LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport), Caribbean Star (8B) and BWIA provide scheduled passenger flights from Antigua to over 20 destinations in the Caribbean. Subsidiary companies of LIAT (Four Island Air Services Ltd and Inter Island Air Services Ltd) run flights within the Leeward Islands. Approximate flight times From St John’s to Frankfurt/M is nine hours 15 minutes, to London is eight hours, to Los Angeles is nine hours, to Miami is three hours and to New York is four hours. International airports VC Bird International (ANU), formerly Coolidge International, is 8km (5 miles) northeast of St John’s. The airport provides access to major international centres, such as Frankfurt/M, London, Miami, Montral, New York and Toronto, with feeder services to all the Eastern Caribbean islands, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Taxi services run to the town and hotels. Facilities include full outgoing duty free shopping, restaurant, bar, car hire and currency exchange. Departure tax EC$50 or US$20. EC$35 for nationals of CARICOM countries. EC$25 for nationals of Antigua and Barbuda. Children under 16 are exempt. Sea St John’s has a deep-sea harbour served by cruise liners from the USA, Puerto Rico, the UK, Europe and South America. Fly-cruises from London are available with Costa, Cunard, Holland America, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean and Royal Olympic. Many smaller ships sail to other Caribbean islands. |