KLM Set For Barbados Return

KLM will resume service to Bridgetown, Barbados, for the 2025 winter season, marking a return to the Caribbean island after a hiatus of more than two years.

The seasonal route from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will launch on Oct. 26 and operate through March 26, 2026, with three weekly flights. The service will be operated by Boeing 787-9 aircraft and will continue onward to Georgetown, Guyana.

KLM intends to introduce flights to Georgetown from June 4, which will operate via St. Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport during the summer months. Operations will be 4X-weekly using 787-9s, according to OAG Schedules Analyser data.

KLM previously served Bridgetown via Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 winter seasons. That service marked the first direct route between Amsterdam and Barbados in more than 20 years—although Amsterdam has been absent from the island’s schedule since March 2023.

For winter 2025–26, Bridgetown’s Grantley Adams International Airport will also offer European connections to Düsseldorf and Frankfurt via Condor, London Heathrow via British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, and Manchester via Aer Lingus and Virgin Atlantic.

According to Sabre Market Intelligence data, Barbados-Europe traffic totaled approximately 503,000 two-way passengers in 2024. London was the leading source market, accounting for 53% of the traffic, followed by Manchester, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Amsterdam.