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airport expansion

June 14, 2025

Airport business case still secret

The two completed parts of the ongoing business case for the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport expansion will remain private for now, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. “The draft …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 18, 2025

Business case still secret as airport plan proceeds

Once again, government leaders are claiming that an unfinished business case supports their controversial plan to dramatically expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. And once again, the public will …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Airport
February 3, 2025

Bonds could fuel airport project, premier says

Government bonds could be issued to pay for the long-delayed expansion of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. In an exclusive interview with the …

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by Shaun Connolly
December 6, 2024

Government gets earful at airport meetings

At the start of the second of three public meetings held last week to discuss the government’s proposal to expand the Virgin Islands’ main airport, Clive Smith told attendees that …

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by Jason Smith
November 28, 2024

Three airport options unveiled at public meetings

The government’s latest proposals to expand the runway at the Virgin Islands’ main airport were unveiled at a public meeting the evening of Nov. 26, but major details about the …

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by Jason Smith
November 22, 2024

Public airport meetings to start Tuesday in Road Town

The government still hasn’t released the completed part of an ongoing review of the proposed airport expansion, but residents will get a chance to weigh in on the long-delayed project …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
November 12, 2024

EDITORIAL: Government must stop backpedaling on airport transparency

We fear we spoke too soon. Last November, we praised the Virgin Islands government for preliminary steps that should have boosted transparency surrounding the proposed expansion of the Terrance B. …

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by BVI Beacon
October 22, 2024

EDITORIAL: Flight boost should prompt celebration, reflection

In a significant win for the territory, more flights from more destinations inside and outside the Caribbean have been coming to the Virgin Islands in recent months. The resulting increase …

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by BVI Beacon
Caribbean Airlines
July 19, 2024

In a first, Virgin Islands hosts regional ‘Airport Day’

Airport concessions and service development were on the agenda when airport regulators and industry executives from across the Caribbean gathered last week at Maria’s by the Sea Hotel for the …

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by BVI Beacon
panel_with_director_of_bvi_tourist_board
July 12, 2024

With business case unfinished, government decides to extend runway at least 1,400 feet

Government has decided to extend the Beef Island runway by some 1,400 feet or more even though a business case designed to assess the project’s feasibility is not complete and …

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by Rushton Skinner
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
July 4, 2024

EDITORIAL: Airport survey questions raise questions

Words matter. And we fear that the verbiage chosen for a public survey circulated as part of the business case for the planned airport expansion could produce skewed and incomplete …

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by BVI Beacon
February 16, 2024

KPMG to carry out airport biz case after submitting lowest bid

KPMG (BVI) Ltd. will carry out the business case slated to guide the way forward for the long-delayed expansion of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, the BVI Airports Authority …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
December 26, 2023

EDITORIAL: 2023 was a year of healing and laboured progress

As the Virgin Islands approaches the New Year, it’s prudent to reflect on the many high points of 2023 and to analyse what could have gone better. In many ways, …

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by BVI Beacon
November 21, 2023

In a first, government seeks full business case for airport expansion

The BVI Airports Authority is seeking proposals for a comprehensive business case to decide the way forward for the development of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. The study — …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
airport runway
October 9, 2023

UK supports airport expansion, Rymer says

The United Kingdom supports a 12-year-old plan to lengthen the runway at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport to bring larger jets with more passengers to the Virgin Islands, officials …

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by BVI Beacon
airport meeting
September 5, 2023

EDITORIAL: Airport project won’t work without full transparency

For more than a decade, a disturbing lack of transparency has surrounded multiple governments’ unsuccessful efforts to expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. The new government must turn over …

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by BVI Beacon
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
March 1, 2023

PPP back on table for runway expansion

Public-private partnerships are among the options being considered for the airport expansion the government hopes to build soon, officials said after attending a recent meeting of the Airport Expansion Summit …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
December 8, 2022

Direct MIA flights coming in June

Following more than 10 years of failed attempts by successive governments to secure direct flights to the United States mainland — and vigorous debate about whether such flights were even …

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by Dana Kampa
July 22, 2020

EDITORIAL: Before airport expansion, transparency needed

If leaders in the new government proceed with their predecessors’ plan to expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, they must turn over a new leaf by being fully transparent …

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by BVI Beacon
airport Beef Island

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