Caribbean countries is preparing for an increase in Chinese tourists

Zhihang Chi, vice president of AirChinaand general manager for North America, revealed that the airline has orders for new aircraft by about $10.7 billion, which will allow, among other growths, to raise the traffic and get to North America greater connectivity with theCaribbeanregion.

«We still do not have an aircraft to fly directly to the Caribbean,» said the executive, speaking at the conference Routes Americas 2012, ended on Tuesday inNassau.

Direct service to theBahamasis not an option today, but the flag carrierChinaplansmore flights to hubs in North America and in parallel initiating partnerships with local companies to channel more connections from there to theCaribbean.

«The links to the Caribbean will be based on partnerships across North America and traffic connections,» said Air China run this regard, said «the only way to get flights to the Caribbean to work is to fly to major cities input or hubs such as Miami, Atlanta or NewYork, and from there transferred to the Chinese passengers to flights from companies such as JetBlue, Southwest or American Eagle to Caribbean destinations.»