Jamaica's tourism corridor is the Caribbean's worst performer — and the airlift maths explains why

In May, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett put Spirit Airlines' collapse at just under three per cent of Jamaica's passenger load and predicted that other carriers would absorb it. By August, a Montego Bay–Miami return was selling for US$3,744, Jamaica's recovery had reversed in the first full month without Spirit, and the country had become the worst-performing destination in the Caribbean while its competitors posted double-digit growth.