Premier Michael Dunkley is set to meet with United Airlines executives tomorrow to discuss reinstating winter flights.

The meeting — set to take place in Chicago — will also involve the Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, Shawn Crockwell, Cabinet Secretary Derrick Binns, airport general manager Aaron Adderley and Bermuda Tourism Authority CEO Bill Hanbury.

A Cabinet spokeswoman said this evening: “Bermuda would like to see United Airlines have a winter presence on the Island. Part of the aim of the meeting is to re-engage in conversation with United about reinstating winter flights — at the very least at a reduced schedule. Also the Bermuda delegation will discuss increasing airlift to the Island for the upcoming America’s Cup.”

Mr Dunkley and Dr Binns will later travel to Toronto, joining with leaders of the British Virgin Islands, Grenada and Aruba at the Toronto Global Forum, Pan American Edition.

There, the Premier is scheduled to discuss Bermuda’s role as a financial services destination, the Island’s contribution to shipping and aircraft registers, the value of interconnectivity and Bermuda’s recent strides in energy reform. He is also expected to share his views on Cuba’s changing role in the region.

Organised in collaboration with the City of Toronto, the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada, and programmed to coincide with the Opening Ceremony of the 17th edition of the Pan-American Games, the 2015 Toronto Global Forum will place special interest in discussing the role of the Americas in major decisions and reforms related to the current global economic context.