Tradewind Aviation looking to be more visible in BVI

Tradewind Aviation is looking to offer more private chartered flights into the territory and become more visible by providing commercial flights internationally and domestically.

The American airline headquartered at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Connecticut, USA had a signatory flight from the Beef Island airport to Virgin Gorda yesterday as the Taddy Bay airport reopened.

Co-founder of the airline, David Zipkin, said the aircraft that flew into Virgin Gorda seated eight passengers. He noted that his airline has an additionally 24 aeroplanes in its fleet.

“We’ve been flying in the Caribbean for several years now and we have known that Virgin Gorda is extremely well underserved in terms of flights but also there is a great demand for luxury tourism here. We are just thrilled to be here to offer private charters from San Juan and beyond. And someday in the future, we might do some scheduled flights,” the co-owner said.