AA aircraft lands in VI on test flight
![At 11:31 AM, today, Thursday, May 25, 2023, an American Airlines (AL) aircraft landed at Terrance B. Lettsome Airport on Beef Island as part of a test flight by the airline ahead of officially commencing direct flights from Miami to the [British] Virgin Islands on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Photo: Jamoi Watson](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_b_b26094ea79754b97a2015112519c5056.jfif)
According to flight data, the aircraft, an Embraer E175LR, departed Miami at 8:57 AM.
The test flight by American Airlines was announced in April by Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5), during the recent elections campaign season.
Hon Rymer also recently said AA has reportedly said the demand for flights on the Miami to [British] Virgin Islands route has been so high in the month of June that additional flights have been scheduled by the airline.
Madam Speaker, on June 1st, we will be welcoming guests on that inaugural flight and, Madam Speaker, you know I've gotten approval from American Airlines to announce that the demand is so high that they will be putting on an additional flight on that first day, so we'll have two flights coming in on the 1st of June,” Hon Rymer disclosed at the Swearing-In Ceremony and First Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex on May 18, 2023.
According to the Minister, the demand is so high the airline has committed to five additional flights for the month of June, leading to two flights each also on June 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 30th.
The previous National Democratic Party (NDP) administration failed to bring direct flights to the VI and instead ended up losing $7.2M on a botched deal with BVI Airways.
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52 Responses to “AA aircraft lands in VI on test flight”
Same ones that do the regional flights in the US.
This is very good. I am happy for the Territory.
There is a god in heaven the voters are wise they voted vip and Lorna stayed in our corner
AA/ A. EAGLE IS COMING.
CHECK THE PRICES ONLINE AND AND YOUR FACES WILL CHANGE WHEN U SEE HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS.
A LOT OF U WILL STILL BE TAKING THE FERRY AND GOING TO ST. THOMAS.
I surely cant afford those prices so I will take my ferry and get Sprint or JetBlue or even AA out of St. Thomas for half price or less.
It’s either that both of you seem to have short term memory or else that you just refuse to admit the gross mismanagement of the public’s money by the former VIP administration. You are just highlighting the $7.2 for the plane by the NDP administration but conveniently refusing to accept the fact that the VIP squandered in excess of $60 million within a three year period and only a percentage of the people benefited from it. I am in no way defending the NDP or bashing the VIP; but we must call a spade - a spade. It doesn’t make sense to criticize one team when the reputation of the other is questionable. This is nothing short of the pot bottom calling the kettle own black. You probably need to go back to the COI report to refresh your memory- lest you forget.
Miami impact the ferries bottomline? Are the terms direct and nonstop interchangeable? Notice you consistently used the term nonstop vice direct. Ok. Is governing subsidizing this flight(s)? Enquiring minds want to know. Os American Eagle returning to the Caribbean from AA hub in Miami? Why you all does go way and don’t come back? Just got to ask. You either studied aviation or is studying aviation?