Aero Virgin Islands
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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 operated inter-island flights to Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport on 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. Six of Aero Virgin Islands' planes suffered damage during Hurricane Hugo in September 1989.
Increased opposition from such airlines as LIAT, Air Sunshine and American Eagle forced Aero Virgin Islands out of business by the middle 1990s.
Fleet
- DC-3s
Livery
All cherry-red fuselage, with the name Aero Virgin Islands in black over the front passenger windows.
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