I think that everyone in the BVI is going to end up economically supporting this whether they wish to or not. Returning from a recent charter on a flight out of STT, I ended up sitting next to one of the members of the House of Assembly. I could not resist bringing up the airport. According to him, this is a done deal and it is a matter of sorting through the bids and finding a way to pay for it.

It does not seem likely to me that the entire cost can be passed through to the traveler with the $150 subsidy, departure, and other fees on top of the air fare. This could make private water taxis from STT look cheap by comparison.