As the territory prepared for the launch today of daily direct flights between Beef Island and Miami, a test flight that landed on May 25 was dubbed a success. When …
June 1, 2023
June 1, 2023
EDITORIAL: Airports closure was unacceptable
Today, American Airlines will launch direct service between here and Miami — a major step toward resolving the access issues that have plagued the territory for decades. As the service …
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May 31, 2023
Airports closure blamed on staffing issue
The day after American Airlines tested its direct service between here and Miami, all the territory’s airports closed suddenly at 1 p.m. on May 26 because the Beef Island control …
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December 12, 2022
EDITORIAL: Finally, direct flights to the United States
At a time when access limitations are one of the territory’s most intractable problems, the National Unity Government has scored a major victory by securing direct flights between here and …
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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 …
April 8, 2022
Premier: Direct US flights could come by October
Talks about providing direct flights between the Virgin Islands and mainland United States are ongoing and may produce results soon, Premier Andrew Fahie announced on March 25. “While we are …
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May 24, 2021
BVI Airways’ $10m claim flops, but gov’t still chasing $7.2m
After receiving $7.2 million in taxpayer money to launch a commercial airline that never got off the ground, BVI Airways partners took the government to arbitration in 2019 in an …
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February 11, 2021
Government sues Lester Hyman over BVI Airways
A Washington DC lawyer who formerly represented the Virgin Islands government now faces a lawsuit seeking up to $11 million in damages for alleged conflicts of interest when he helped …
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October 5, 2020
Special Report: Lawyer claims he forgot getting $100,000 from BVI Airways
Shortly after government hired a law firm to recover $7.2 million in taxpayer money paid to the now-defunct BVI Airways, Washington DC attorney Lester Hyman told an investigator in July …
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July 13, 2018
EDITORIAL: It’s time for answers in BVI Airways deal
Premier Dr. Orlando Smith should stop pointing fingers and explain exactly what happened to the $7 million of taxpayers’ money paid to BVI Airways, which to date has failed to …
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