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Ranked #6 of 28
Barbados
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- Weekly departures
- 220
- Direct destinations
- 29
- Airlines
- 16
- Estimated weekly seats
- 23,836
Barbados
| Weekly departures | Weekly seats | Destinations | Airlines | Largest carrier share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 220 | 23,836 | 29 | 16 | 21.2% |
Barbados ranks 6th overall (57.3) and 6th regionally (68.9). It is a gateway with 12,724 extra-regional seats.
The Caribbean takes 46.6% of seats, Europe 23.8%, the United States 17.9%, Canada 7.4%, Latin America 2.9% and Lagos (LOS) 1.4%. Leading routes are Trinidad and St Lucia (to Castries) with 22 departures each, St Vincent with 21, Antigua with 17 on five carriers, and London Heathrow (LHR) with 16 departures and 4,780 seats on British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic (VS).
interCaribbean (JY) is the largest carrier at 21.2% of seats (HHI 1,412), and 37.9% of destinations have two or more airlines. Its largest Caribbean partner, Trinidad, takes 13.6% of its Caribbean departures, the lowest such share of any island in the index. As a gateway, it received 58 extra-regional arrivals with 12,724 seats, 47.2% of them long-haul. Same-day options reach 11 islands for 83.9% of arriving seats, with a median wait of 2.2 h.
Of its Caribbean seats, 2,620 are legs to Antigua, Grenada and St Vincent of flights to and from London and Lagos. A code with no identified operator accounts for 0.5% of seats. In full-year 2025 data, departing flights to the United States were 76.0% full.
Score and rank
The connectivity score is an index on 0–100 built from departures, destinations, airlines, hub links and seats; the regional score uses the Caribbean subset only. Both are defined in the methodology. Not a percentage — an island does not have "96% connectivity".
| Measure | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 57.3 | #6 of 28 |
| Regional (Caribbean only) | 68.9 | #6 of 28 |
Destinations and airlines
Barbados has 15 direct Caribbean destinations and 14 beyond the region, with 162 of its 220 weekly departures staying inside the Caribbean. It has direct service to 11 of the index's connecting hubs.
| Airline | Weekly departures | Destinations |
|---|---|---|
| interCaribbean | 101 | 13 |
| Caribbean | 37 | 8 |
| Virgin Atlantic | 18 | 5 |
| American | 15 | 2 |
| British | 9 | 4 |
| Air Canada | 8 | 2 |
| JetBlue | 8 | 2 |
| World Ticket Ltd | 6 | 1 |
| Winair | 5 | 3 |
| Copa | 4 | 1 |
| Sunrise | 3 | 1 |
| Air Peace | 2 | 2 |
| TAC | 1 | 1 |
| Delta Air Lines | 1 | 1 |
| United | 1 | 1 |
| WestJet | 1 | 1 |
Market mix
Estimated weekly seats by the region a flight goes to. Seats are estimated from aircraft type, not booked or flown.
| Market | Estimated weekly seats | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean | 11,112 | 47.3% |
| North America | 6,026 | 25.6% |
| Europe | 5,680 | 24.2% |
| Latin America | 688 | 2.9% |
Resilience
How exposed this island's connectivity is to one airline or one route stopping. All three figures are derived from the route table below, so they can be checked against it.
| Carrier concentration (HHI on seats) | 1,412 of 10,000 — higher is more concentrated |
|---|---|
| Largest carrier by seats | interCaribbean at 21.2% of seats |
| Destinations served by 2+ airlines | 11 of 29 (37.9%) |
| Most-served Caribbean destination | SLU, carrying 13.6% of Caribbean departures |
Gateway reach
Long-haul arrivals at the cluster gateway that connect onward to Barbados within the same day, with the best total journey time. Only islands in a gateway cluster have this.
| From | Via | Arrivals in week | Connecting | Best total hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAY | FDF | 10 | 2 | 6.0 |
| MIA | ANU | 14 | 6 | 6.5 |
| FLL | POS | 4 | 4 | 6.7 |
| MIA | SXM | 14 | 4 | 6.9 |
| ATL | SXM | 6 | 3 | 7.3 |
| FLL | SXM | 7 | 3 | 7.3 |
| MCO | POS | 4 | 4 | 7.5 |
| MIA | POS | 14 | 7 | 7.8 |
| JFK | POS | 16 | 3 | 8.0 |
| JFK | SXM | 7 | 3 | 8.1 |
| YYZ | POS | 14 | 7 | 8.3 |
| MIA | FDF | 3 | 1 | 8.3 |
| EWR | SXM | 2 | 1 | 8.8 |
| YUL | FDF | 5 | 3 | 8.8 |
| EWR | ANU | 1 | 1 | 8.9 |
| JFK | KIN | 18 | 1 | 9.0 |
| PTY | SXM | 3 | 1 | 9.0 |
| BOS | SXM | 1 | 1 | 9.3 |
| YUL | SXM | 1 | 1 | 10.7 |
| ORY | FDF | 15 | 3 | 11.3 |
| LGW | ANU | 5 | 4 | 11.6 |
| CDG | SXM | 5 | 2 | 12.8 |
| AMS | SXM | 6 | 2 | 13.3 |
Load factors
Actual passengers against actual seats, from Eurostat (2024) and BTS T-100 (2025). Monthly and historical: these do not describe the reference week. Route-months the source reports inconsistently are excluded, so every figure here is publishable.
| Source | Direction | Market | Months | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T100I | Inbound | Caribbean | 5 | 35.5% |
| T100I | Inbound | North America | 12 | 76.4% |
| T100I | Outbound | Caribbean | 6 | 33.3% |
| T100I | Outbound | North America | 12 | 76.0% |
Low season against peak
Peak week pending. This edition measures the week of 19 October 2026 only, and that week is an early shoulder week rather than the bottom of the season — some winter services start in October and others in November and December. The peak week is collected separately, and no low-versus-peak comparison is shown until it exists.
Routes
Every scheduled departure in the reference week, grouped by destination and airline. Seats are estimated; see the methodology for how, and for what "estimated" excludes.
Within the Caribbean
| From | To | Airline | Weekly departures | Est. weekly seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGI | SLU | interCaribbean | 20 | 960 |
| BGI | POS | Caribbean | 18 | 1,440 |
| BGI | SVD | interCaribbean | 16 | 768 |
| BGI | GEO | interCaribbean | 11 | 570 |
| BGI | ANU | interCaribbean | 10 | 500 |
| BGI | DOM | interCaribbean | 10 | 480 |
| BGI | OGL | Caribbean | 7 | 490 |
| BGI | OGL | interCaribbean | 7 | 336 |
| BGI | UNI | World Ticket Ltd | 6 | 114 |
| BGI | GND | interCaribbean | 5 | 240 |
| BGI | SKB | interCaribbean | 5 | 250 |
| BGI | GND | Caribbean | 4 | 280 |
| BGI | KIN | interCaribbean | 4 | 200 |
| BGI | PLS | interCaribbean | 4 | 304 |
| BGI | POS | interCaribbean | 4 | 200 |
| BGI | ANU | Sunrise | 3 | 90 |
| BGI | EIS | interCaribbean | 3 | 144 |
| BGI | SKB | Winair | 3 | 144 |
| BGI | SVD | Virgin Atlantic | 3 | 840 |
| BGI | ANU | Virgin Atlantic | 2 | 560 |
| BGI | FDF | Caribbean | 2 | 140 |
| BGI | GND | Virgin Atlantic | 2 | 560 |
| BGI | SLU | Caribbean | 2 | 140 |
| BGI | SVD | Caribbean | 2 | 140 |
| BGI | SXM | interCaribbean | 2 | 96 |
| BGI | ANU | Air Peace | 1 | 330 |
| BGI | ANU | Caribbean | 1 | 160 |
| BGI | DOM | Winair | 1 | 48 |
| BGI | DOM | TAC | 1 | 50 |
| BGI | GND | British | 1 | 330 |
| BGI | SXM | Caribbean | 1 | 160 |
| BGI | SXM | Winair | 1 | 48 |
Beyond the region
| From | To | Airline | Weekly departures | Est. weekly seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGI | MIA | American | 14 | 2,408 |
| BGI | LHR | Virgin Atlantic | 10 | 2,800 |
| BGI | JFK | JetBlue | 7 | 1,172 |
| BGI | YYZ | Air Canada | 7 | 1,430 |
| BGI | LHR | British | 6 | 1,980 |
| BGI | PTY | Copa | 4 | 688 |
| BGI | ATL | Delta Air Lines | 1 | 172 |
| BGI | BOS | JetBlue | 1 | 162 |
| BGI | CLT | American | 1 | 172 |
| BGI | EWR | United | 1 | 178 |
| BGI | LGW | British | 1 | 330 |
| BGI | LON | British | 1 | 290 |
| BGI | LOS | Air Peace | 1 | 330 |
| BGI | MAN | Virgin Atlantic | 1 | 280 |
| BGI | YUL | Air Canada | 1 | 160 |
| BGI | YYZ | WestJet | 1 | 172 |
Compare
Back to the full 28-island table to see where Barbados sits against the rest.
