Government has decided to extend the Beef Island runway by some 2,400 feet even though a business case designed to assess the project’s feasibility is not complete and promised public …
July 12, 2024
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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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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January 12, 2024
Bids for airport biz case range from about $209k to $540k
Eight companies from here and abroad bid to carry out the comprehensive business case that is expected to decide the way forward for the government’s long-delayed plan to expand the …
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December 5, 2023
EDITORIAL: Finally, airport business case put to tender
It’s about time. After more than a decade of bumbling attempts to expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, government is finally taking the proposal back to the drawing board …
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December 5, 2023
International companies eye airport business case
Nearly 50 people from 15 companies around the world attended a pre-tender meeting to discuss a planned business case for the proposed expansion of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. …
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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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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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