Condor resumes weekly Frankfurt flights to Tobago with about 120 passengers on first service

SCARBOROUGH, Trinidad and Tobago. Condor Airlines resumed its weekly service between Frankfurt and Tobago on Tuesday 3 November, bringing about 120 passengers to the island on the first flight.

The service runs every Tuesday, leaving Frankfurt at 12.15pm and arriving in Tobago at 5.25pm. The return flight leaves Tobago at 6.25pm and travels via Barbados to Frankfurt, arriving at 11.20am on Wednesday.

With Condor back, Tobago has five scheduled international services a week: Caribbean Airlines' non-stop New York flight on Wednesdays and non-stop Toronto flight on Sundays, British Airways' London Gatwick service via Barbados on Tuesdays and Fridays, and Condor's Tuesday Frankfurt flight.

Filling the seats

Secretary Hackett said airlift alone was not enough.

"Every additional connection strengthens Tobago's access to international markets, but our work cannot stop at getting aircraft to land here," she said.

She said the Assembly continued to treat international airlift as a critical part of the island's tourism development, but that success should be measured by passenger numbers, visitor spending, the experiences delivered and how much of that activity benefits local people.

"Tourism is too important to Tobago's economy for us to measure success by aircraft arrivals alone," she said.

Community meetings

Hackett also repeated her plan to take tourism discussions into communities across Tobago from November, through a district-by-district engagement initiative with the Tobago Tourism Agency Limited.

"Tourism is everybody's business, and we all have to put our shoulders to the wheel," she said.

The Division of Tourism, Antiquities and Creative Industries remains focused on working with airlines and industry partners to sustain existing services, strengthen demand and pursue further connections, while seeking to ensure tourism growth brings economic benefits for Tobago.