BVI Airways Avro RJ100 VP-LWW at Summerside after the airline shut down (Anonymous contributor)
BVI Airways was launched with the support of the government of the British Virgin Islands to operate nonstop flights between Tortola and Miami. Initial plans called for use of an Avro RJ85, but in the event the airline acquired two former Swiss RJ100s via lessor TronosJet. The company flew an inaugural charter in April 2018, and then operated one of its RJ100s on behalf of Haiti’s Sunrise Airways. By mid-2018, it had finally received authorization to operate to the USA. However, by then it had run out of money, and shut down operations.
News items on BVI Airways:
- Neptune acquires Avro RJ100 (2018-02-21)
- BVI government calls BVI Airways in breach of contract (2017-12-15)
- BVI Airways Avro RJ100 ferried to Summerside (2017-09-02)
- Out of cash, BVI Airways lays off flight crew (2017-07-19)
- BVI Airways denies date for service start (2017-07-05)
- BVI Airways ends flying for Sunrise Airways (2017-06-08)
- BVI Airways Avro RJ100 flies for Sunrise Airways (2017-04-28)
- BVI Airways begins Avro RJ operations (2017-04-15)
- Second BVI Airways Avro RJ100 painted (2017-03-14)
- BVI Airways receives revised AOC (2017-01-26)
- BVI Airways receives second Avro RJ100 (2016-12-22)
- BVI Airways undertakes proving runs (2016-11-15)
- BVI Airways purchases first Avro RJ100 (2016-09-28)
- BVI Airways to operate an Avro RJ85 (2016-01-14)