AA to add 'late night & early morning' flights to Miami-VI route
These “planned enhancements” are part of AA’s winter schedule, a statement to Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) on Sunday, July 20, 2025, informed.
The new flights will be a late evening arrival from Miami International Airport (MIA) into Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (EIS), followed by an early morning departure at 8:00 a.m. from EIS to MIA.
“This development is in direct alignment with demand signals identified by the BVIAA and local stakeholders from as early as the launch of American Airlines’ inaugural service,” the statement continued.
It explained that the schedule adjustments cater to the needs of our local population, business community, and visitors alike, offering greater flexibility and much-needed options for early arrivals into Miami and for connecting late evening flights from Miami into the VI.
A direct response to a consistent & growing demand
American Airlines resumed direct flights into the Territory on June 1, 2023. On February 1, 2025, the airline successfully operated six flights to the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport.
Back then, Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5), said the operation of these multiple flights by AA “greatly enhances connectivity between the Virgin Islands and the United States”. He said the increase in air service will facilitate easier access for visitors and residents.
The BVIAA’s statement on Sunday added, “We are pleased that American Airlines has responded to the consistent and growing demand for improved connectivity, and we are proud to continue our close collaboration with them as we work to expand airlift into and out of the Territory.”
An official announcement of these schedule changes will be made by American Airlines soon.
“They do so with the full support and endorsement of the BVI Authorities,” the BVIAA stated.
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30 Responses to “AA to add 'late night & early morning' flights to Miami-VI route”
This is a dumb statement. What has taking more planes from the same route have to do with the runway extension???
A longer runway could mean direct flights to destinations other than Miami and the Caribbean.
Show me proof that a plane with a larger capacity will be put into service by any major airline from cities like Chicago, Washington, DC or any NYC airport with EIS as a direct destination.
Not to mention in bad weather. Are you aware that in very rainy weather all planes require a longer runway distance to land and come to stop? Our runway is just at the edge of what is legally allowable to avoid accidents for the Embraer 175. So especially in bad weather there is no room for corrective measures if an error occurs.
With a little longer runway other airlines could use the same size plane or a little larger to offer some competition to lower prices and increase arrivals for the BVI.
Water, water, water!!!
Roads!!
Eyesores up and down the island!!
So you tell me why the Business Case is being kept under wraps? And do you disagree with the Wickham letter: https://www.bvibeacon.com/commentary-economist-weighs-in-on-airport-project/. Do you remember BVI Airways? What's the new completion date for the Anegada Solar Farm? How about the $5 million deposited into the Bank of Asia?
No, I'm not from here, but given how your native-born leaders are running this Territory [into the ground], maybe you should listen to someone based upon their reasoned arguments, not whether they are "non-belongers" or not.
More importantly, you clearly know nothing about what a project of this size will cost merely to finance it, never mind how those costs will be recouped. Finally, you know nothing about the airline industry; there will not be any non-stop flights to EIS from major US cities like Chicago, Dallas, NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, etc. because the airlines already have SJU or St. Thomas (no, I don't travel to the BVI from there - never have) as major hubs. So the "pie in the sky" dream is that major airlines will bypass those two Caribbean hubs and go directly to EIS, or they will stop at one of them to disembark passengers and pick up more that will go on to EIS; at best, you'll have a massive Airbus or Boeing aircraft that will be half or 2/3 full, and they will displace some of the existing smaller airlines such as Cape Air and Tradewind, but you'll get one flight per day of larger aircraft and you cannot assume daily service. So what is gained if that happens and the smaller airlines now serving EIS cut back on their numerous DAILY flights? Nothing.
I'll ask again, and please be direct in your response - why has the Business Case been concealed? It's clear that it's because it cannot advance a compelling argument for undertaking a massive project that this Territory doesn't need and cannot justify financially.
All you don't even mention what the BVI would need to become if they expand the runway to accept flights from all over. More hotels, more sewage systems that don't work, more bad roads, more immigrant people to provide services for the cheap tourists.
Are we still simple enough that we swallow all the Wall Street and London nonsense that more is always better? Are we still slaves to their greedy mindset?
What are tourists coming here for? Not for concrete blocks and hotels. They come here for Nature's Little Secrets. Always have.
Kill nature and tourists go somewhere else. Even if you want to make low class mass tourism, it will always be cheaper for them to get that in DR, Jamaica, STT, SXM and Cancun.
All the big people want is contracts to build the damn thing. They don't care we don't have the money ourselves. They will take Chinese, Colombian or US debt money. Any money. Cash is cash.
Short term cash people worshipping the false god Mammon making decisions that will DESTROY the BVI for our future generations.
Do not study them.