SVG Air
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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| Hubs | E. T. Joshua Airport | ||||||
| Headquarters | Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||
| Website | http://www.svgair.com/ | ||||||
SVG Air is an airline based in Arnos Vale, E. T. Joshua Airport, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that operates scheduled and charter flight services in the eastern Caribbean. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Air, or SVG Air, is the national airline, along with Mustique Airways.
SVG Air's main base is in St. Vincent and it also has other bases in Barbados, Grenada, Carriacou, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat and the Grenadines - Bequia, Canouan and Union Island. SVG Air has a maintenance hangar on the island of Bequia, which is just 9 miles off the mainland (St. Vincent). SVG Air operates both scheduled and charter flights to other Caribbean islands. Other services fly as far north as Jamaica and as far south as Guyana. SVG Air also flies to the other Grenadines Islands that have airports. St. Vincent and the Grenadines have two charter airlines that fly to Caribbean islands to pick up international travelers to SVG.
History
The airline was established in 1990 and started operations in September 1990. It began operations with a single leased Britten-Norman Islander. The company is largely owned (75%) by St Vincent Grenada Air and operated by the Gravel and Barnard families.
Incidents and accidents
- 19 November 2006 - SVG Air Aero Commander 500S, on a flight from Canouan to Saint Vincent, was over the western end of Bequia on its final approach to Saint Vincent when it vanished. There was no distress call. Wreckage was found in the sea. The pilot and single passenger are presumed dead.[1]
- 5 August 2010 - SVG Aircraft on a flight from Saint Vincent to Canouan crashed off Canouan with only the pilot on board - not found.[2]
Fleet
As of March 2007 the SVG Air fleet includes:[3]
They are looking into purchasing or leasing a Cessna Citation 550.
External links
References
- ↑ Searchlight Newspaper 22 November 2006
- ↑ News related to SVG, the Caribbean & the World 6 August 2010
- ↑ Air Charter Guide