New Argyle International Airport for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Argyle Intl

Feb 6, 2017

Getting to the Caribbean can often be the only tricky part of chartering down south. But there is good news from St Vincent and the Grenadines where Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has announced that the Argyle International Airport has been given the necessary go ahead to start operations at the Argyle International Airport.

on Monday January 23, 2017, the Prime Minister said he was handed a letter from the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) that very morning, by the person in charge of Civil Aviation matters Permanent Secretary Godfred Pompey, indicating that the organization has given the go ahead to the Argyle International Airport to commence operations as at one minute past midnight on February 14, 2017.
Argyle Airport

The inaugural direct flight from Toronto departs next week on February 14 for a week via Sunwing, the first international flight from Canada. The cost is a very attractive $899 return. Schedules have not yet been published are scheduled yet, but the plan is to provide easy SVG access from Canadian gateways to the new airport.

LinesWaiting for Canadians to arrive Feb 14!

 

Related Articles

Video Gallery

Nimbus 365 Coupe – A real long-stay cruising boat for exploring

By Andy Adams

There is no shortage of fun and exciting new boat designs hitting the market, but for the last few years these have been mainly outboard-powered day boats. Some are day cruisers; some are centre console fishing boats or designed for tow sports. A new live-aboard cabin boat has become a rare item these days.

So when I heard that Pride Marine in Orillia, Ontario, had a Nimbus 365 Coupe in the water, I jumped at the chance to get out on it.

Read More

Destinations

Tahiti—Updates from Paradise

By Zuzana Prochaska

I’ve been to Tahiti seven times—six on charter and once as crew for a couple of yachties. Over the 25 years that I’ve been visiting, it’s changed dramatically. Yet, inexplicably, it has also stayed the same.

Lounging on the flybridge of our Sunsail 454, I had time to think about this dichotomy as I toasted the nighttime skies of Bora Bora and specifically the Southern Cross, a constellation that never fails to hypnotize. As the Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982) tune reminds us:

…you understand now why you came this way.

Read More

Lifestyle