SVG Air
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Argyle International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10+ | ||||||
| Headquarters | Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||
| Website | flysvgair | ||||||
SVG AIR
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Air or SVG AIR, is a national airline of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with
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.
Destinations
SVG AIR have regular scheduled flights from the Argyle International Airport to locations across the caribbean.[3]
| Country | Airport |
|---|---|
 Barbados
|
Grantley Adams International Airport |
 Grenada
|
Lauriston Airport, Maurice Bishop International Airport |
 Martinique
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Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport |
 Saint Lucia
|
Hewanorra International Airport |
St Vincent and the Grenadines
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Argyle International Airport, Canouan Airport, J. F. Mitchell Airport, Mustique Airport, Union Island Airport |
History
The airline was founded in 1990. It began operations with a single leased
Fleet
The SVG Air fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2018):[4][5]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 6 | — | 19 | |
Britten-Norman BN2A Islander
|
3 | — | 9 | |
| Cessna CE-525B Citation Jet 3 | 1 | — | 9 | |
| Total | 10 | |||
The SVG Air fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of March 2007):[6]
- 3 Aero Commander
- 2 Cessna 402
They have been leasing another Cessna Citation II 550 privately registered J8-JTS,[7] and their own Cessna CE-525B Citation Jet 3 has been registered J8-JET used for charter flights.[8]
Incidents and accidents
- 19 November 2006 - SVG Air Aero Commander 500S, disappeared on final approach to Saint Vincent, presumably killing both the pilot and sole passenger. The aircraft's Wreckage was later found in the sea.[9]
- 22 October 2007 - SVG Cessna 402, registered J8-VBL, with six passengers and a pilot suffered extensive damage when it overran the runway and crashed into the Union Island Airport fence.[10]
- 5 August 2010 - SVG Cessna 402C Aircraft (J8-SXY) on a flight from
- 29 September 2021—SVG Air Flight 207—a Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander aircraft, operated by SVG Air between, overran the runway at John A. Osborne Airport while on a domestic flight between Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat.[13] Two of the seven occupants sustained injuries and the airplane was severely damaged.[14][15]
References
- ^ "SVG AIR". SVG AIR. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ Ben Harrison - International Correspondent (17 February 2017). "SVG Air / Grenadine Air Alliance: Bridging the gap". The Vencentian Newspaper.
- ^ https://flysvgair.com/
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
- ^ "Air Charter Guide - A Definitive Resource for Online Aircraft Charter". www.aircharterguide.com.
- ^ "Air Charter Guide - A Definitive Resource for Online Aircraft Charter". www.aircharterguide.com.
- ^ "Cessna 550". flysvgair.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Cessna Citation CJ3". flysvgair.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Searchlight Newspaper 22 November 2006
- ^ "SVG Air aircraft with six on board crashes into fence at Union Island". 26 October 2007.
- ^ "Search still On For Missing St Vincent Pilot". Jamaica-Gleaner.com. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Accident Cessna 402C J8-SXY". aviation-safety.net.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander J8-VBI Montserrat-John A. Osborne Airport (MNI)".
- ^ "Crash Landing at Montserrat Airport Injures 2, Facility Reopens". October 2021.
- ^ "Update: Officials probe SVG Islander incident on Montserrat runway | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News.
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