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Home  >  World  > Caribbean  > Martinique

Travel - International

AIR: Martinique’s national airline is CTA Air Martinique. Other airlines serving Martinique include Air France, Airlib (website: www.air-liberté.fr), AOM, Nouvelles Frontières/Corsair (website: www.corsair.fr) and LIAT.

Approximate flight times: From Martinique to London is 12 hours (including an average stopover time of 1 hour in Paris); to Los Angeles is 9 hours; to New York is 6 hours and to Singapore is 25 hours.

International airports: Fort-de-France (FDF) (Lamentin) is 9km (6 miles) from the city. Airport facilities include restaurants, banks and bureaux de change, shops, tourist information and car hire.

Departure tax: None.

SEA: The main port is at Fort-de-France. The Pointe Simon cruise dock, nearer the city centre, accommodates larger cruise ships. Regular high-speed catamaran services run to Guadeloupe, St Lucia and Dominica. For more information, contact either Express des Iles (tel: 631 211; fax: 633 447) or Brudey Frères (tel: 700 850; fax: 705 375). Other ships sail from Miami and San Juan (Puerto Rico). Martinique is a port of call for the following international cruise lines: Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises and Royal Olympic Cruises.


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