The V.I. Port Authority will receive roughly $7 million from the Federal Aviation Administration — part of $8 billion being provided to airports across the U.S. — to help ease the financial burden as travel recovers. The latest provision is the third round of funding for VIPA, with the first batch being over $30 million, followed by $3 million, and now $7 million. The FAA made the announcement Tuesday. The funding is part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. The funds can be used to pay debt service, meet operating costs, and for new expenses related to mitigating the spread of Covid-19. According to the Wall Street Journal, funding to airports is based largely on the airports' 2019 traffic. Additionally, airports must commit to keeping 90 percent of their workforce as a condition to accepting…
A federal judge handed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a major victory over the Centers for Disease Control…
The V.I. Port Authority on Saturday welcomed the inaugural Frontier Airlines flight providing service…
Royal Caribbean executives on Thursday detailed protocols that are in place as the cruise line prepares…
Bomb Threat at St. Croix Airport Causes Multiple…
Ernice Gilbert June 03, 2021ST. CROIX — A bomb threat at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport Thursday afternoon led to multiple flight…
Requiring Passengers and Crew Members to be Vaccinated,…
Staff Consortium April 08, 2021AP — The Norwegian Cruise Line is seeking permission to resume trips from U.S. ports on July 4, requiring…
29 Jets of Major Carriers Land in USVI Daily…
Ernice Gilbert April 06, 2021The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeing on average twenty-nine new arrivals of the major airlines daily, with…
Before Cruise Travel Resumes, CDC Recommends…
Ernice Gilbert April 03, 2021The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended that port and ship workers get…
Following a meeting with American Airlines in Dallas, Texas on Friday, V.I. Dept. of Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte announced that the nation’s largest carrier will expand its service to the ...
ST. THOMAS — Construction of the Cyril E. King Airport’s new Parking and Transportation Center begins on Monday, the V.I. Port Authority has announced. During the first phase of construction, the ...
The U.S. Virgin Islands will welcome new flights from the New York tri-state area this summer when JetBlue Airways begins service between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Cyril E. King A...
ST. THOMAS — Affluent tourists with yachts searching for exotic destinations to ring in 2021 packed the territory's waters over the weekend, as many destinations remain closed or have implemented on...
The V.I. government is hopeful that its entry into American Airlines’ preflight testing program will strengthen efforts to minimize the spread of Covid-19 in the territory, according to the Dept. of...
The U.S. Virgin Islands has risen among the top destinations for American travelers in the Covid-19 era, as people looking for places to go shun Europe and head south, where a number of Caribbean dest...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – An American Airlines plane with 28 people on board veered off the runway after landing on runway 6 in Freeport on Saturday, officials have confirmed. Officials said no one wa...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, which had been grounded since March this year as a result of the measures taken by regi...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, which is undergoing a restructuring program, is likely to return to the skies in November, a senior government minister in Anti...
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