Aero Virgin Islands: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Aero Virgin Islands was an airline based in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

History

Aero Virgin Islands began flying around the Caribbean during the early 1970s. It also operated inter-island flights to St. Croix. The airline had frequent flights to many points in the Caribbean, including Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, and St. Lucia. The airline used DC-3 equipment for their flights.

On January 2 of 1978, one of their DC-3's (registration #N15598, built in 1940) crashed into a beach near San Juan. All 40 passengers in the aircraft survived the accident.

Aero Virgin Islands faced opposition from Prinair until 1984, when the Puerto Rican airline went bankrupt. In 1989, six of Aero Virgin Islands' planes suffered damage during the passing of Hurricane Hugo.

Increased opposition from such airlines as LIAT, Air Sunshine and American Eagle forced Aero Virgin Islands out of business by the middle 1990s.

• DC-3s

All cherry-red fuselage, with the name Aero Virgin Islands in black over the front passenger windows.