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WINAIR steps up with more flights to & from VI

-as LIAT retires operations leaving gaps in market including for St Kitts, Dominica & Antigua
Windward Islands Airways International NV (WINAIR), a government-owned Dutch airline based in Sint Maarten, has stepped up expansion plans as it as the operations of LIAT come to an end leaving potential gaps in the market. Photo: Internet Source
American Airlines commenced its VI to Miami Direct Flights on June 1, 2023 then in mid-June 2023, BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) announced that just two weeks after the commencement of the VI to Miami direct service, AA announced that it will be doubling the number of flights to the Territory for the winter season, which started in December 2023. Photo: VINO/File
American Airlines commenced its VI to Miami Direct Flights on June 1, 2023 then in mid-June 2023, BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) announced that just two weeks after the commencement of the VI to Miami direct service, AA announced that it will be doubling the number of flights to the Territory for the winter season, which started in December 2023. Photo: VINO/File
BEEF ISLAND, VI - Windward Islands Airways International NV (WINAIR), a government-owned Dutch airline based in Sint Maarten, has stepped up expansion plans as the operations of LIAT has come to an end leaving potential gaps in the regional market.

Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that its expansion plan will see the airline connecting the islands of the northern eastern Caribbean even more, to fill the gaps left by LIAT. 

For the Virgin Islands, the flights will include Tortola to St Maarten - two to three times daily, Tortola to Antigua- every day; Tortola to St Kitts- twice a week, and over in Dominica, that island will see Dominica to St Maarten - two to three times daily; Dominica to Antigua- 5 flights a week and Dominica to St Kitts - twice a week.

The flight plans Antigua include, Antigua to St Maarten - two to three times daily; Antigua to St Kitts- twice a week; Antigua to Tortola- 5 flights a week and From Antigua to Dominica -5 flights a week.

Over in St Kitts, that island will see St Kitts to St Maarten- two to three times daily, St Kitts to Antigua- 3 flights a week; St Kitts to Dominica- twice a week & St Kitts to Tortola- twice a week.

More tourists for VI 

The expansion plans mean the VI will see even more tourist arrivals which would no doubt boost tourism levels as well as those looking to visit the island on business.

The VI back in July 2023, welcomed Winward Islands Airways International’s (WINAIR) inaugural ATR-42 to serve the then-newly introduced route of Tortola to Antigua.

A month before that, American Airlines commenced its VI to Miami Direct Flights on June 1, 2023 then in mid-June 2023, BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) announced that just two weeks after the commencement of the VI to Miami direct service, AA announced that it will be doubling the number of flights to the Territory for the winter season, which started in December 2023. 

10 Responses to “WINAIR steps up with more flights to & from VI ”

  • asura (27/01/2024, 18:42) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    Welcome win air
  • Team Winair (27/01/2024, 18:45) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    Good news
  • TurtleDove (27/01/2024, 18:49) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    At that time, I had no idea I would welcome winair but we need the runway extension
  • Nice (27/01/2024, 21:09) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    They need to use the ATR and not those small Twin Otters
  • ccc (27/01/2024, 21:16) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    COOL and Thanks
  • Dancing with the Stars (27/01/2024, 21:47) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I am so elated with this news, and I can only trust that the flights are affordable for travelers. I would hope that there would be a consortium to invest in a hotel or hotels to provide more rooms for visitors. I recalled Hon. Omar Wallis Hodge refer to the Virgin Islands as a cosmopolitan city and I am of the view that in the future we will have many visitors and accommodation will be inadequate. So those persons who are in a position to invest in accommodation to do so without hesitation and when the real visitors arrival increase, they will smile when they go to the bank.
  • NDP must go (28/01/2024, 06:47) Like (6) Dislike (4) Reply
    Where is our $7.2 Millon for bvi airways and no one is in jail?
  • Lb (28/01/2024, 06:53) Like (1) Dislike (6) Reply
    Since the vip got back air travel is being rejuvenated
  • lol (28/01/2024, 13:27) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply

    In 2024...all the other Caribbean Islands who were eons behind us have now developed their tourism products and we are here getting giddy about puddle jumpers bringing 20 more ppl daily. We have lost our &^%$ minds. Extend the runway asap or become a nation of beggars in 5yrs.

  • Just Checking.... (29/01/2024, 15:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Any jobs available WINAIR?


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