BVIAA railroading VI Airlink
The failure of BVIAA to replace the facilities at the local airport has resulted in VI Airlink having to perform maintenance outside the Virgin Islands (VI).
Bleed Resources
According to VI Airlink’s Neville C. Brathwaite Jr., “the airline continues to bleed excess resources to maintain its airplanes, to one of the highest safety standards in the world under the overseas territory requirements.”
According to Mr Brathwaite, as a local company operating in its home country, VI Airlink “feels that BVIAA is making very difficult to continue to operate, as the cost to maintain our aircrafts has drastically increased due to the lack of a maintenance facility.”
He noted that in an effort to reduce fuel cost and provide better pricing to customers, V I Airlink requested to bring in fuel for private use, but that also was declined.
Fuel Monopoly
Mr Brathwaite said that BVIAA’s Managing Director, Mr Denniston S. Fraser, indicated that the airline needs to work with SOL Aviation which currently holds the monopoly with supplying fuel at the Terrence B Lettesome Int’l Airport.
He said too VI Airlink currently receives no concessions, while their request for the waiver of landing fees into The Auguste George International Airport in Anegada, and the Taddy Bay International Airport in Virgin Gorda was denied by Mr Fraser.
He said too V I Airlink has suffered greatly under the hands of the VI Government also, by having foreign Airlines based in the VI and operating out of the VI as their base, when the local Airline has no ability to sit within and base themselves in foreign countries like the United States and operate out of the United States as if it's their home.
Masterplan
According to Mr Brathwaite, “as of today, one year and two months later, VI Airlink is still without points to be able to rebuild the hangar.”
He said “BVIAA claims that they have a master plan to rebuild the airport but yet the airline suffers under a Statutory body (BVIAA) that has the ability to access public funds seem to be railroading the airline.”
When contacted Mr Fraser told this publication, "All I will say is that Mr. Brathwaite made certain comments about yours truly so I will contact him about those comments. I refuse to fight in the media."
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13 Responses to “BVIAA railroading VI Airlink ”
So why not VI airlink ??
Crookedness. I tell ya
How tf your a$$ know if cape air was granted permission?
1. Fraser doesn’t know anything that goes on at the airport or doesn’t care because he’s never at the airport.
2. Mr. smith flys with VIairlink isn’t that a conflict of interest.
3. Maintenance department has no safe work area for them to work from since the hurricane last year.
4. Inter Caribbean airways seems to have all the power in the world to do as the like.
5. Staff morale is very poor staff hasn’t gotten a pay increase in 6years.
6.managemet has no clear idea as to which direction the airport is heading.
7. Old equipment at the fire department and air traffic control.
My question since the BVIAA has been established what has Fraser or his team accomplished.