Air Services: United Kingdom
A detailed guide to flights to Tobago from the UK
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British Airways (BA)
British Airways offer Tobago flights on Wednesday and Saturdays. All flights are via Antigua.
The BA service utilises a Boeing 777 aircraft carrying 260 passengers in a three class configuration - standard economy (World Traveller), premium/super economy (World Traveller Plus) and business class (World Club) with 70" flat-bed seats. Flights operate from London Gatwick North.
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- Further Information: British Airways
Caribbean Airlines/BWIA (British West Indies Airways)
Caribbean Airlines (previously BWIA) is the national airline of Trinidad & Tobago.
Unlike its predecessor, BWIA, Caribbean Airlines does not fly to the UK any longer. Instead, it operates a Code Share with British Airways. Please see the listing for BA for further details.
Monarch Airlines / Golden Caribbean
The demise of XL Airways resulted in the welcome return of a previous London-Tobago flight service. The new service is administered by Golden Caribbean, an established West Susses-based tour operator who specialise in cheap Caribbean flights. The service is operated by Monarch Airlines.
Flying from Gatwick South each Wednesday. The outbound flight is Grenada, but the return is non-stop from Tobago to London. The service operates a two class service of Economy (3-3-3 seating) and Premium Economy (2-4-2) in an Airbus A330.
The previous Golden Caribbean / Monarch Tobago flights were highly regarded by many with the only consistent criticism being the very limited seat pitch in standard Economy. Apparently, two rows of seats have been taken out of the current aircraft allowing the economy seating to be increased to 31 inches – the same as BA and Virgin economy. The Premium Economy service offers improved catering and 34-inch seat pitch, as in the old Golden Caribbean - Monarch service.
Average winter 2008/09 prices are around £420 per person standard economy, with a £200 per seat surcharge for Premium Economy. Tickets are available by telephone or online from Golden Caribbean and will eventually be available through the Monarch website.
We wish Golden Caribbean and Monarch every success with the new service and look forward to flying to Tobago with them on our next trip.
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- Further Information: www.GoldenCaribbean.co.uk
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic operate a non-stop service to Tobago on Thursdays, plus an additional Monday service during the peak (winter) months.
The Virgin Tobago flights operate from London GatwickSouth. and utilises a Boeing 747-400 with 439 passengers in three-class configuration of standard economy, premium economy and Upper Class (with super-dooper Upper Class suites).
Most tickets for this service are provided as part of package holidays with Virgin Holidays who offer some fantastic deals to Tobago from time to time. Flight-only tickets are available directly from Virgin Atlantic or through travel agents. Cheap Virgin flights to Tobago are sometimes available, but see their website for further information.
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- Further Information: www.virgin-atlantic.com
