Air Transat announced Tuesday that it was sending three planes to repatriate its customers from Montego Bay, Jamaica, due to Hurricane Beryl which is wreaking havoc in the region.
Here are the flights scheduled by Air Transat (schedules in Eastern Daylight Time):
- TSC9485: Departs Montego Bay at 21:30; arrives Montreal at 03:10
- TSC9487: Departure from Montego Bay at 23:00; arrival in Montreal at 04:20
- TSC9517: Departs Montego Bay at 23:20; arrives Toronto at 04:25
Customers who have booked a Transat package will be contacted and transferred to the airport in the coming hours.
The company indicated that holders of Air Transat return tickets (flight only) who wish to advance their return flight are invited to contact the carrier using the passenger assistance line at 1 800 204-0020 (number valid only from Jamaica) to check the possibilities depending on the availability of seats.
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Customers must contact Air Transat or their travel agency.
In addition, the Canadian government has invited citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Jamaica
due to the hurricane.
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The path of Hurricane Beryl.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Émile Lord Ayotte
Hurricane Beryl, which has been sweeping the south-east of the Antilles with maximum force since Tuesday, has caused significant damage and at least four deaths.
It is expected to lose some of its intensity off the coast of Jamaica on Wednesday, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Late Monday evening, the NHC classified Beryl as a category 5, the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale used to describe storm intensity.
This corresponds to winds in excess of 252 km/h and potentially catastrophic effects.
