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BA to return to St Kitts for winter

British Airways is lifting the suspension of flights to St Kitts from the autumn.

The airline is to restart service to the Caribbean island from Gatwick on October 3 with twice-weekly flights operating on Saturdays and Wednesdays from October 16, the tourist board confirmed.

The move came as amber listed St Kitts & Nevis announced it would welcome fully vaccinated airline passengers from the UK from September 1.

The vaccination rate in St Kitts and Nevis continues an upward momentum, with 72.8% of the adult population having received one dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and 61.4% of the adult population fully vaccinated.

International travellers will undergo a health screening on arrival at the airport which includes a temperature check and a health questionnaire.

They will be asked to stay at one of eight ‘travel approved’ hotels for four days before moving around the island.

The hotels approved for international travellers are: Four Seasons, Golden Rock Inn, Marriott Beach Club, Montpelier Plantation & Beach, Paradise Beach, Park Hyatt, Royal St Kitts Hotel and St Kitts Marriott.

Fully vaccinated international travellers arriving by air are required to submit a PCR exit test before returning home at a cost of $150. If a person is staying seven days, their pre-departure test will be on day four; while those staying 14 days will need to take a pre-departure test on day 11.

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