SVG Air

{{Short description|Flag carrier of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}

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| ICAO = SVG

| callsign = Grenadines

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| founded = 1990

| headquarters = Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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SVG AIR{{Cite web|url=http://flysvgair.com/|title=SVG AIR|website=SVG AIR|access-date=2016-08-04}} is an airline company located at the Argyle International Airport, Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that operates both scheduled and charter flight services within the Eastern Caribbean islands as far north as Jamaica and as far south as Guyana.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Air or SVG AIR, is a national airline of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Mustique Airways. SVG Air and Mustique Airways have combined to form a SVG Air / Grenadine Alliance, operating 17 aircraft, with bases in St. Vincent, Antigua and Grenada.{{cite news |title= SVG Air / Grenadine Air Alliance: Bridging the gap |author=Ben Harrison |url= http://thevincentian.com/svg-air-grenadine-air-alliance-bridging-the-gap-p12630-133.htm |newspaper=The Vencentian Newspaper.|date=17 February 2017}} Offering visitors and residents a wider choice of International Gateways in and out of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

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.{{Cite web | url=https://flysvgair.com/ | title=SVG Air - Take a Trip to Paradise | website=flysvgair.com}}

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!Country

!City

!Airports

!Notes

!class=unsortable|Refs

|Saint John's

|V.C. Bird International Airport

{{Flagicon|Barbados}} Barbados

|Bridgetown

|Grantley Adams International Airport

{{Flagicon|Dominica}} Dominica

|Roseau

|Dominica–Canefield

|{{cite web |title=SVG Air Launches New Routes to St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua|url=https://www.stvincenttimes.com/svg-air-inter-island-routes/ |website=St.VincentTimes|access-date=26 October 2024}}

rowspan="2"|{{Flagicon|Grenada}} Grenada

|Carriacou

|Lauriston Airport

St. George's

| Maurice Bishop International Airport

{{Flagicon|Martinique}} Martinique

|Fort-de-France

|Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport

{{Flagicon|Saint Lucia}} Saint Lucia

|Castries

|Hewanorra International Airport

|Castries

|George F. L. Charles Airport

rowspan="5"|{{Flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} St Vincent and the Grenadines

|Bequia

|J. F. Mitchell Airport

Canouan

|Canouan Airport

Kingstown

|Argyle International Airport

|{{airline hub}}

Mustique

|Mustique Airport

Union Island

|Union Island Airport

History

The airline was founded in 1990. It began operations with a single leased Britten-Norman Islander. The company is largely owned (75%) by St Vincent Grenada Air and operated by the Gravel and Barnard families. The airline does not have an IATA code. Its ICAO code is SVG, and its callsign is "Grenadines."

Fleet

The SVG Air fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2018):{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)|journal=Airliner World|issue=November 2016|page=33}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aircharterguide.com/Operator_Info/SVG+AIR/14/CASTRIES/7|title=Air Charter Guide - A Definitive Resource for Online Aircraft Charter|website=www.aircharterguide.com}}

class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="margin:1em auto; border-collapse:collapse" \|+ SVG Air Fleet
bgcolor=#75aadb ! Aircraft ! In Service ! Orders ! Passengers ! Notes
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter \|align="center"\|6 \|align="center"\|— \|align="center"\|19 \|
Britten-Norman BN2A Islander \|align="center"\|3 \|align="center"\|— \|align="center"\|9 \|
Cessna CE-525B Citation Jet 3 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|— \|align="center"\|9 \|
Total !10 ! !colspan="2"\|

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|+ SVG Air Fleet

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! Aircraft

! In
Service

! Orders

! Passengers

! Notes

De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|19

Britten-Norman BN2A Islander

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|9

Cessna CE-525B Citation Jet 3

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|—

|align="center"|9

Total

!10

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The SVG Air fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of March 2007):{{Cite web|url=https://www.aircharterguide.com/Operator_Info/SVG_AIR/14|title=Air Charter Guide - A Definitive Resource for Online Aircraft Charter|website=www.aircharterguide.com}}

3 Aero Commander
2 Cessna 402

They have been leasing another Cessna Citation II 550 privately registered J8-JTS,{{cite web | title= Cessna 550| website=flysvgair.com | url=http://flysvgair.com/cessna-550/ | access-date=2023-09-23}} and their own Cessna CE-525B Citation Jet 3 has been registered J8-JET used for charter flights.{{cite web | title= Cessna Citation CJ3 | website=flysvgair.com | url=http://flysvgair.com/whatsapp-image-20160705/ | access-date=2023-09-23}}

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.[http://searchlight.vc/ Searchlight Newspaper] 22 November 2006
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.{{Cite web|url=https://searchlight.vc/searchlight/front-page/2007/10/26/svg-air-aircraft-with-six-on-board-crashes-into-fence-at-union-island/|title = SVG Air aircraft with six on board crashes into fence at Union Island|date = 26 October 2007}}
5 August 2010 - SVG Cessna 402C Aircraft (J8-SXY) on a flight from Saint Vincent to Canouan crashed off Canouan with only the pilot on board - not found.{{cite web | url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100810/news/news6.html | title=Search still On For Missing St Vincent Pilot | date=10 August 2010 | publisher=Jamaica-Gleaner.com | accessdate=2018-02-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=76099|title=Accident Cessna 402C J8-SXY|website=aviation-safety.net}}
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 flight between Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20210929-0|title = ASN Aircraft accident Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander J8-VBI Montserrat-John A. Osborne Airport (MNI)}} Two of the seven occupants sustained injuries and the airplane was severely damaged.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/crash-landing-at-montserrat-airport-injures-2-facility-reopens/|title = Crash Landing at Montserrat Airport Injures 2, Facility Reopens|date = October 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/officials-probe-svg-air-incident-airport-montserrat|title=Update: Officials probe SVG Islander incident on Montserrat runway | Loop Caribbean News|website=Loop News}}

References

External links

[http://flysvgair.com/ SVG AIR Website - FlySVGAIR]

Category:Airlines of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Category:Airlines established in 1990