Last night I got Jeff Berger's weekly newsletter. I copy and pasted from his news letter, if this is allowed:

"1. AA To Restart Charlotte Nonstops, SXM Airport Overnighting

American Airlines has agreed to make significant changes to its St. Maarten scheduling, which should make getting to the island much easier and much faster for AA passengers from across the country. The only question is when the changes will become effective.

According to an agreement reached between the airline and the island in recent meetings, the airline will be reinstituting its nonstops from Charlotte. It will also bring back its late night flight to SXM from Miami; that flight will overnight on the island, enabling an early morning departure from SXM — and same-day connections to much of the rest of the country.

We've seen no information about when the airline might reinstitute reasonably priced nonstops from New York. Currently, AA flights from New York are vastly overpriced and require connections. JetBlue has daily nonstops from JFK and has had them for months, at comparatively reasonable pricing.

We would expect a gradual softening of prices through the summer and especially in the fall. As always, we'll keep you posted on airlift developments from all US and Canadian airlines serving SXM. Please see story 3."


Hopefully, this will be sooner rather than later.