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TCI & Bermuda airports also received bomb threats - RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Bomb threats, similar to what was made to Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on May 5, 2024, were also made to international airports in Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) and Bermuda.
Airport bomb threat sent to VINO who alerted CoP & National Security Council
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- At around 4:52 PM today, Sunday, May 5, 2024, an Email was sent to one of Virgin Islands News Online's (VINO) Email addresses purporting to be from a ‘Vika Melin’ with a foreign language at the bottom of the name which appears to be from Eastern Europe.
‘The [airport] runway expansion will happen’- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The extension of the runway at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport has been talked about for a long time and governments after governments have failed to deliver for different reasons; however, the Government led by Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), which has already brought back American Airlines to the [British] Virgin Islands, is determined to get the project done.
VI welcomes Caribbean Air Rally!
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, welcomed the Governor General’s Caribbean Air Rally to the territory.
UK’s Royal Air Force's A400 aircraft makes 'familiarisation' landing in VI
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island welcomed the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) new A400 aircraft today, August 16, 2023.
Nyron Erickson extradited to US jurisdiction today, Feb 27, 2023
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Nyron Erickson, who is wanted by the United States Government to face charges of conspiracy to launder monetary funds from outside the USA and unlawfully transporting the funds into the USA, has been extradited to a US jurisdiction.
‘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.
VI's main airport achieves international benchmarks for safe operations in Covid era
BEEF ISLAND, VI- The British Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA) has stated that for the second time in two years the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (TBLIA) has achieved international accreditation from Airport Council International (ACI) through the Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) programme.
Caribbean National Kurt A.G. Menal tipped for new MD of BVIAA
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Word just reaching our news centre from sources within the UK’s Air Safety Support International (ASSI), the territory’s aviation regulators, is that St Lucian Kurt A. G. Menal will be the new Managing Director of the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA).
TB Lettsome Airport adjusts operational hours due to Covid ‘afflicted’ staff
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- The Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island has amended its hours of operation due to staff testing positive for COVID-19.
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