SVG Air is an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Arnos Vale

Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Arnos Vale is a town in southern Saint Vincent, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located to the southeast of the capital, Kingstown. The country's main airport, the E. T. Joshua Airport, is located at Arnos Vale and is one of the first places visitors to the small Caribbean island see...

, E. T. Joshua Airport, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

 that operates operating scheduled and charter services in the eastern Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Air, or SVG Air, is the national airline along with Mustique Airways

Mustique Airways

-Fleet:*Merlyn Commander*Britten-Norman Islander* Twin Otter-Services:*Mustique*Union Island*Canouan*St Vincent*Barbados*Martinique*Grenada*St. Barths*Saint Martin*Saint Lucia...

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SVG Air main base is in St. Vincent, and also has other bases in Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia. SVG Air has a maintenance hangar on the Island of Bequia, which is just 9 mile of the main land (St. Vincent). SVG Air operates both scheduled and charter flights to other Caribbean Islands. Other services fly as far north as Jamaica and as far south as Guyana. SVG Air also fly to the other Grenadines Islands that have airport. St. Vincent and the Grenadines have two charter airline that fly the Caribbean island to pick up international travelers to SVG.

History

The airline was established in 1990 and started operations in September 1990. It began operations with a single leased Britten-Norman Islander

Britten-Norman Islander

The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a 1960s British light utility aircraft, regional airliner and cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe. Although designed in...

. The company is largely owned (75%) by St Vincent Grenada Air and operated by the Gravel and Barnard families.

Incidents and accidents

• 19 November 2006 - SVG Air Aero Commander 500S
  Aero Commander (aircraft)
  The Aero Commander 500 is the first in a series of light-twin piston-engined aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s. In 1950 it became the Aero Commander company, and a division of Rockwell International from 1965. The initial production version was...
  
  , on a flight from Canouan
  Canouan
  Canouan is an island in the Grenadines Islands belonging to St Vincent. It is a tiny island, measuring only 3.5 miles by 1.25 miles.A barrier reef runs along the Atlantic side of the island. The highest point on the island is Mount Royal. Two bays, Glossy and Friendship, separate the southern side...
  
   to Saint Vincent
  Saint Vincent (island)
  Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between Saint Lucia and Grenada. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains...
  
  , was over the western end of Bequia
  Bequia
  Bequia is the largest island in the Grenadines. It is part of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and is approximately 15 km from the nation's capital, Kingstown.-Geography:The island capital is Port Elizabeth...
  
   on its final approach to Saint Vincent when it vanished. There was no distress call. Wreckage was found in the sea. The pilot and single passenger are presumed dead.

5 August 2010 - SVG Aircraft crashed off Canouan with pilot on board - not found.

Fleet

As of March 2007 the SVG Air fleet includes :

• 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
  De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
  The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL abilities and high rate of climb have made it a successful cargo, regional passenger airliner and MEDEVAC...
  
  
• 3 Britten-Norman BN2A Islander
  Britten-Norman Islander
  The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a 1960s British light utility aircraft, regional airliner and cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe. Although designed in...
  
  
• 3 Aero Commander
  Aero Commander (aircraft)
  The Aero Commander 500 is the first in a series of light-twin piston-engined aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s. In 1950 it became the Aero Commander company, and a division of Rockwell International from 1965. The initial production version was...
  
  
• 2 Cessna 402
  Cessna 402
  The Cessna 401 and 402 are series of 6 to 10 place, light twin, piston engine aircraft. This line was manufactured by Cessna from 1966 to 1985 under the name Utiliner and Businessliner...
  
  

They are looking into purchasing or leasing a Cessna Citation

Cessna Citation

The Cessna Citation is a marketing name used by Cessna for its line of business jets. Rather than one particular model of aircraft, the name applies to several "families" of turbofan-powered aircraft that have been produced over the years...

550.