USVI-based Seaborne Airlines to Add Service to the BVI

Seaborne Airlines, based in St. Croix with scheduled seaplane services within the U.S. Virgin Islands and to San Juan, will launch weekend seaplane flights to North Sound on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands on July 6.

The schedule calls for two roundtrip flights on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, using 17-passenger Twin Otters from San Juan to Virgin Gorda via St. Thomas at 8:30 a.m., arriving at 9:40 a.m. The return flight departs at 10 a.m., arriving in San Juan at 12:45 p.m.

A St. Thomas flight to Virgin Gorda will depart at 9:20 a.m., arriving at 9:40 a.m., with the return leg leaving at 10 a.m., arriving in St. Thomas at 10:20 a.m.

The new service coincides with the BVI government’s agenda to increase seat capacity to the destination, especially to Virgin Gorda, which currently is accessible only by ferry services.

The carrier launches five new seaplane/ferry connections on June 1 within the USVI and between St. Croix and West End and Road Town, Tortola.