Cayman marked the arrival of the first American Airlines flight at Owen Roberts International Airport since the borders closed in 2020.
The flight, from Miami, touched down around 2pm on Thursday afternoon.
It comes after United Airlines returned to the jurisdiction on Saturday, marking the resumption of its routes from Newark, Washington (Dulles), Chicago and Houston.
Later on Thursday, Premier Wayne Panton announced that Cayman would be dropping the post-arrival lateral flow testing on days 2, 5 and 7 for securely verified travellers.
At the same press conference, Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan also revealed that, in March, Delta and Southwest will also resume their flights to the Cayman Islands and Cayman Airways will be resuming service to Denver, Colorado.
Shortly after the AA flight touched down, Bryan told the Compass, that the increased routes put Cayman “in pretty good standing in the next few months”.
Bryan also hinted at “exciting news for cruise” as he trailed “some pretty big announcements” to come Wednesday or Thursday next week.
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