SVG Air

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SVG AIR
SVGAIR-Logo-300x128.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
--SVGGrenadines
Founded1990
Hubs Argyle International Airport
Fleet size12
Destinations10+
Headquarters Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Website flysvgair.com

SVG AIR [1] is an airline company located at the Argyle International Airport, Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that operates both scheduled and charter flight services within the Eastern Caribbean islands as far north as Jamaica and as far south as Guyana.

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines Air or SVG AIR, is a national airline of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Mustique Airways. SVG Air and Mustique Airways have combined to form a SVG Air / Grenadine Alliance, operating 17 aircraft, with bases in St. Vincent, Antigua and Grenada. [2] Offering visitors and residents a wider choice of International Gateways in and out of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

SVG AIR's main operating base is in St. Vincent but has a maintenance hangar on the island of Bequia and other bases in Barbados, Grenada, Carriacou, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat and the Grenadine islands of: Bequia, Canouan and Union Island.

Destinations

SVG AIR have regular scheduled flights from the Argyle International Airport to locations across the caribbean. [3]

CountryCityAirportsNotesRefs
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's V.C. Bird International Airport
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Bridgetown Grantley Adams International Airport
Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica Roseau Dominica–Canefield [4]
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada Carriacou Lauriston Airport
St. George's Maurice Bishop International Airport
Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique Fort-de-France Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia Castries Hewanorra International Airport
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg St. Lucia Castries George F. L. Charles Airport [4]
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg St Vincent and the Grenadines Bequia J. F. Mitchell Airport
Canouan Canouan Airport
Kingstown Argyle International Airport Hub
Mustique Mustique Airport
Union Island Union Island Airport

History

The airline was founded in 1990. It began operations with a single leased Britten-Norman Islander. The company is largely owned (75%) by St Vincent Grenada Air and operated by the Gravel and Barnard families. The airline does not have an IATA code. Its ICAO code is SVG, and its callsign is "Grenadines."

Fleet

The SVG Air fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2018): [5] [6]

SVG Air Fleet
AircraftIn
Service
OrdersPassengersNotes
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 819(as of August 2025) [7]
Britten-Norman BN2A Islander 39
Cessna CE-525B Citation Jet 3 19
Total12

The SVG Air fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of March 2007): [8]

They have been leasing another Cessna Citation II 550 privately registered J8-JTS, [9] and their own Cessna CE-525B Citation Jet 3 has been registered J8-JET used for charter flights. [10]

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. "SVG AIR". SVG AIR. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. Ben Harrison (17 February 2017). "SVG Air / Grenadine Air Alliance: Bridging the gap". The Vencentian Newspaper.
  3. "SVG Air - Take a Trip to Paradise". flysvgair.com.
  4. 1 2 "SVG Air Launches New Routes to St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua". St.VincentTimes. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  5. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
  6. "Air Charter Guide - A Definitive Resource for Online Aircraft Charter". www.aircharterguide.com.
  7. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - SVG Air". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 73.
  8. "Air Charter Guide - A Definitive Resource for Online Aircraft Charter". www.aircharterguide.com.
  9. "Cessna 550". flysvgair.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  10. "Cessna Citation CJ3". flysvgair.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  11. Searchlight Newspaper 22 November 2006
  12. "SVG Air aircraft with six on board crashes into fence at Union Island". 26 October 2007.
  13. "Search still On For Missing St Vincent Pilot". Jamaica-Gleaner.com. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  14. "Accident Cessna 402C J8-SXY". aviation-safety.net.
  15. "ASN Aircraft accident Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander J8-VBI Montserrat-John A. Osborne Airport (MNI)".
  16. "Crash Landing at Montserrat Airport Injures 2, Facility Reopens". October 2021.
  17. "Update: Officials probe SVG Islander incident on Montserrat runway | Loop Caribbean News". Loop News.