Cayman Airways (KX, Grand Cayman Island) will conduct regular charter flights between Grand Cayman Island and St. Maarten as part of an agreement between Health City Cayman Islands and St. Maarten-based SZV Social & Health Insurances.

According to a press release, the weekly Cayman Airways Express (Grand Cayman Island) Saab 340B-operated service will use Kingston Norman Manley, Jamaica, as a technical stop on the outbound sector. The flight departed the Cayman Islands on Tuesday, March 28, with the return leg scheduled for Wednesday, March 29.

It is anticipated that the direct charter flights will continue for an initial period of six weeks, with approximately twenty patients and SZV officials on board each flight. Once the current rotation has been completed, Health City Cayman Islands and SZV will decide on whether to continue with the service or not.

Dr. Chandy Abraham, the CEO and Head of Medical Services at Health City Cayman Islands, noted that the agreement is part of the hospital's expanding reach across its target markets.   

"With the agreement with SZV Social & Health Insurances in St. Maarten, Health City Cayman Islands continues to grow our patient numbers and reach new markets to build medical tourism or, as we term it, destination healthcare in the Cayman Islands," he said. "We have ongoing operations in a number of Caribbean and Latin American markets, in addition to agreements with self-insured companies in the United States of America, and our dedicated office in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada."