Montana's Neptune Aviation Services adds maiden ARJ-100

The government of the British Virgin Islands has issued a Notification of Breach of Contract to stalled local start-up carrier BVI Airways (BVI, Beef Island).

According to BVI Platinum News, the Caribbean islands' Premier and Minister of Finance, D. Orlando Smith, told a parliamentary Q&A session last week that the letter was dispatched to BVI Airways on October 1 of this year.

“Whatever next steps happen will take place on the advice of the attorney general,” he said.

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BVI Airways (BVI, Beef Island) - the Caribbean airline which was due to start scheduled passenger services between Beef Island and Miami Int'l this week - has laid off all its staff due to a cash shortage brought on by regulatory delays.

"BVI Airways regretfully announces that it is immediately laying off its entire flight crew (pilots and flight attendants) as a result of ongoing delays," the airline said in a statement widely quoted in British Virgin media. "Hopefully, this will be a very ...

BVI Airways (BVI, Beef Island) has confirmed it will begin scheduled passenger flights later this month. The Caribbean-based carrier said in a statement a 2x weekly return service between Beef Island, British Virgin Islands, and Miami Int'l would commence on July 22 using ARJ-100 equipment.

Since completing and securing its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) in January, BVI Airways has run occasional charter flights as well as an ACMI contract for Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince).

Bulgaria Air (FB, Sofia) has ended BAe 146-200 operations after LZ-HBZ (cn E2103) was acquired by Neptune Aviation Services (Missoula), Skyliner Aviation reports.

The twenty-eight year-old jet, now re-registered N477NA, will shortly undergo conversion into a water bomber prior to its redelivery to Neptune.

The Bulgarian carrier has a further twelve active aircraft in its fleet including two A319-100s, three A320-200s, one ARJ-70, two B737-300s and four EMB-190s.