SVG Air
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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| Hubs | E. T. Joshua Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10+ | ||||||
| Company slogan | Your Wings to Paradise! | ||||||
| Headquarters | Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||
| Website | http://flysvgair.com/ | ||||||
SVG AIR[1] is an airline Company located at the E. T. Joshua Airport, Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that operates both scheduled and charter flight services within the eastern Caribbean islands as far north as Jamaica and as far south as Guyana. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Air or SVG AIR, is a national airline, along with Mustique Airways.
SVG AIR's main operating base is in St. Vincent but has a maintenance hangar on the island of Bequia and other bases in Barbados, Grenada, Carriacou, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat and the Grenadine islands of: Bequia, Canouan and Union Island.
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.[2]
- 5 August 2010 - SVG Aircraft on a flight from Saint Vincent to Canouan crashed off Canouan with only the pilot on board - not found.[3]
Fleet
The SVG Air fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[4]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 7 | — | ||
| Total | 7 | |||
The SVG Air fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of March 2007):[5]
They were looking into purchasing or leasing a Cessna Citation 550.
External links
- SVG AIR Website - FlySVGAIR
- SVG AIR Services
- SVG AIR Scheduled Flights
- SVG AIR Chartered Flights
- SVG AIR Handling Services
- SVG AIR Destinations
- SVG AIR Contact Page
References
- ↑ "SVG AIR". SVG AIR. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
- ↑ Searchlight Newspaper 22 November 2006
- ↑ News related to SVG, the Caribbean & the World 6 August 2010
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
- ↑ Air Charter Guide