Dutch carrier Martinair will slash flights at MIA

Currently, Martinair offers daily flights between Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Miami. But with a lack of demand, it will cancel its flights on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Tuesday, with the exception of flights on Feb. 19 and 26.

The airline will fly from Miami International Airport five days a week through the summer, and has no plans to close its Miami operations, said Suzanne van de Velde, director of reputation management, from Amsterdam.

''We are continuing at least until the summer, but this is the way we say it for all destinations, because we cannot look far ahead in the future,'' van de Velde said. ``At this time of economic recession we will see how the market develops.''

The global crisis has led another international carrier, Air Jamaica, to recently announce that it will exit Miami completely in late February.