Seaborne Airlines taking flight in VI market!
Seaborne Airlines, a regional carrier based in St. Croix, USVI, is still in its infancy stages having on December 8, 2012, introduced daily round trips flights between San Juan's Munoz Marin International Airport to the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport at Beef Island, Virgin Islands. This was through a decision brokered between the USVI airline and the BVI Tourist Board in collaboration with the BVI Airports Authority. The new service is also provided to Virgin Gorda.
Optimistic that there will be even more progress with time and their ever expanding marketing initiatives, Seaborne Airlines Director of Marketing Micheal J. Ritvi told Virgin Islands News Online that since the introduction of the service there has been a steadily increasing market. "What we are finding is that we are getting a larger number of connecting flights from the USA for passengers bound for the BVI."
He said that so far the flights between San Juan and Tortola have been very consistent especially at prime time and on peak days, noting that they would love to see an improvement in the number of flights during off-peak periods.
Noting that they were not prepared to release numbers and figures at this time, Ritvi explained that because it is a new start-up location, they are more focused on achieving their main goal of properly establishing their markets.
He said that unlike the situation at Tortola, the experience at Virgin Gorda is different noting that they have come to recognise that there is a greater need for extensive marketing. He explained that based on the information given to him, since 1993 there was an absence of commercial flights to Virgin Gorda, "this is what I was told, I can't verify this but it is what I was told and basically charter flights go there," he emphasised.
Ritvi said that currently they are opened to ideas and suggestions from local residents of Virgin Gorda even as the airline seeks to expand on its local advertising on the island. He said that the will be targeting the owners and operators of resorts on Virgin Gorda as well.
The introduction of the airline service to the Virgin Islands comes at a time when the Government of the Virgin Islands has been taking many steps to further develop the tourism sector.
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$1.00 additional per lb is just not cutting it. At least minimium 50 lb and 50cents for additional lb.
#2, the planes are small and how much luggage can they take? They might have to consider one plane for pasengers an one for luggage? But too, if only 2 people flying at a time, there is more than space for luggage de man!