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January 3rd, 2023
‘Let’s stop dilly-dallying & get the airport expanded’- Hon Vanterpool

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Making the point that the Virgin Islands (VI) must continue to invest in its ports to be able to reap maximum benefits to sustain the economy, Fourth District Representative and prominent entrepreneur Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool has urged his Unity Government to waste no more time in extending the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport runway on Beef Island.

December 6th, 2022
‘We are not paying American Airlines to come to BVI’- Hon Kye M. Rymer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has noted that American Airlines (AA) is returning to the Virgin Islands (VI) at no additional expense to VI taxpayers.

December 2nd, 2022
American Airlines to return to VI with daily flights in June 2023- Hon Kye M. Rymer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- American Airlines (AA) will be making a return to the [British] Virgin Islands on June 1, 2023, and persons can start booking their seats as early as tomorrow, December 3, 2022.

October 13th, 2022
No morning flights on AA in USVI from Nov 4 through late March 2023

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, ST Croix, USVI- Morning flights from American Airlines departing the US Virgin Islands will not be available beginning November 4, 2022, a casualty of the airline's decision announced in August to slash 31,000 flights, representing 16 percent of the carrier's schedule.

April 8th, 2022
VI Gov't ‘even more confident’ of direct flights from US mainland later this year- Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The long-awaited direct flights from the US mainland to the [British] Virgin Islands could likely become a reality in the fourth quarter of this year, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said.

March 27th, 2022
Airlines express interest in direct flights to VI from US

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Several airlines have expressed interests in conducting direct flights to the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) from the US mainland, and there is a possibility such a service could become a reality later this year.

July 29th, 2021
VIP Gov't in discussion for return of American Airlines to VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Notwithstanding the challenges that plague the territory’s aviation industry, such as the need for an updated, longer runway, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has been in discussion regarding the return of American Airlines to the Virgin Islands.

June 8th, 2020
BVI Airways Operators wanted Locals forced out of jobs- Audit report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Auditor General Ms Sonia M. Webster, in her report on the BVI Airways’ taxpayers $7.2M deal, has made some more shocking revelations.

December 31st, 2019
New aircraft to begin flights from DR to VI by January 4, 2020- BVIAA

TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Direct flights between Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and Beef Island in the [British] Virgin Islands with the Embraer 145 aircraft will be available as of January 4, 2020, according to the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA).

December 20th, 2019
Airbus a318, largest commercial plane lands @ TB Lettsome Airport

TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Airlift history was created in the Virgin Islands today, December 20, 2019 when the largest commercial plane to the Territory touched down at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island.

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