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November 1, 2024

New government, same secrecy on airport plan

For more than a decade, successive governments have regularly refused to publish taxpayer-funded studies on the feasibility of the airport expansion that leaders say the territory desperately needs. Now, the …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
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
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November 10, 2023

West End Ferry Terminal designs finalised

The designs for the new West End ferry terminal have been finalised, and bidding will start soon to select a contractor to build the facility by mid-2026, according to Communications …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 20, 2023

Airports close again without any notice

For the third time in less than two months, the territory’s airports closed without notice on July 17. The Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island reopened that evening, …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Airport
June 12, 2023

‘Non-stop concert’ to celebrate direct flights

The Virgin Islands community has been anticipating the commencement of direct flights between Miami and the territory all year, and leaders are planning a big bash to celebrate the first …

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by Dana Kampa
June 12, 2023

VI welcomes direct flights

Just before 1:30 p.m. on June 1, crowds gathered at the upper-floor lounge at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, pressing up against the windows facing the tarmac. Anticipation built as …

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by Dana Kampa
June 1, 2023

Direct Miami flights to launch today

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 …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
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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by BVI Beacon
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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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
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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by BVI Beacon
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
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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by Dana Kampa
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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by BVI Beacon
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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by Dana Kampa
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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by Dana Kampa
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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by The BVI Beacon

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