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American Airlines to double Miami to VI daily flights in December 2023
BEEF ISLAND, VI– Officials of the BVI Airports Authority {BVIAA) have announced that just two weeks into its new direct service between Miami and the Virgin Islands (VI), American Airlines (AA) has announced that it will be doubling the number of flights to the Territory for the winter season, which starts in December.
UPDATE: Unfavourable winds & temperature stalled AA Flight 3989 – BVIAA’s Kurt A.G. Menal
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI– As first reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) on challenges encountered by American Airlines Flight 3988 from the Virgin Islands to Miami, Managing Director of the BVI Airports Authority Mr Kurt A.G. Menal has added that prevailing winds and high temperature sparked the challenges.
‘It feels good to deliver the goods for the people of the VI’- Premier
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R1) has congratulated all who made the inaugural direct flight from Miami to the Virgin Islands (VI) possible, adding that it feels good to have delivered on a promise made to the people of the territory.
VI route a ‘big next step’ to AA ‘expanding presence’ in Caribbean- AA Regional MD
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Described by the Regional Managing Director of American Airlines (AA) as “something that doesn’t happen very often”, two American Airlines direct commercial flights from Miami in the USA landed at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, Beef Island on Thursday, June 1, 2023, signalling the start of the long-awaited direct flights from mainland USA to the [British] Virgin Islands.
June 1, 2023 is a 'red-letter day’ for VI’s air transportation growth– Hon Rymer
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has called a ‘red letter day’ the official landing of the commercial direct flight from Miami to the Virgin Islands (VI) by American Airlines today, Thursday, June 1, 2023.
VI receives key to Broward County as today, June 1 declared VI Day in Tamarac
BROWARD COUNTY, Florida, USA – Officials of the Virgin Islands have received the key to Broward County, Florida as June 1, 2023, was declared Virgin Islands Day in the city of Tamarac, Florida to mark the historic Virgin Islands-Miami commercial direct flight by American Airlines.
Premier forecasts positive GDP impacts from AA’s Miami to VI service
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) is predicting positive impacts to the territory’s GDP as a result of direct flights from Miami to the Virgin Islands to commence on June 1, 2023, by American Airlines (AA).
VI Premier Wheatley & Hon Rymer to both be on historic AA Miami-VI flight
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Both Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) will be passengers on the inaugural Miami to Virgin Islands flight when American Airlines (AA) commences its operation on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
Tamarac Commissioner to host Meet & Greet for VI Premier & Hon Rymer Wednesday
MIAMI, Florida, USA- In celebration of the start of direct commercial flights from the mainland USA to the [British] Virgin Islands on June 1, 2023, Commissioner of the City of Tamarac, Hon Morey Wright Jr will be hosting a Meet and Greet for Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
AA aircraft lands in VI on test flight
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- At 11:31 AM, today, Thursday, May 25, 2023, an American Airlines (AL) aircraft landed at Terrance B. Lettsome Airport on Beef Island as part of a test flight by the airline ahead of officially commencing direct flights from Miami to the [British] Virgin Islands on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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