Air
Antigua & Barbuda is served by several scheduled international airlines including British Airways Air Canada American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic. LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport) and BWIA provide scheduled passenger flights from Antigua to over 20 destinations in the West Indies. Subsidiary companies (Four Island Air Services Ltd and Inter Island Air Services Ltd) of LIAT run flights within the Leeward Islands.
Approximate flight times:
From St John's to London is 8 hours to Los Angeles is 9 hours and to New York is 3.5 hours.
International airport
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 London New York Miami Frankfurt/M Toronto and Montréal with feeder services to all the Eastern Caribbean islands the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Taxi services run to the city and hotels. Facilities include full outgoing duty-free shopping (liquor perfume straw items T-shirts souvenirs and handicrafts) restaurant (0600-2200) bar (0600-2200) and currency exchange (0900-1500 Monday to Friday; 1330-1930 Saturday).
Departure tax
EC$50 or US$12 apart from children under 12.
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 Holland America Royal Caribbean Cunard Costa Sunline Sitmar and Princess Cruises. Many smaller ships sail to other Caribbean islands.