Hello Nolan - the new airport is progressing well and is currently scheduled for opening either in 2014 or 2015. You can see the progress and the terminal buildings at -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Argyle-International-Airport/255896234421808?fref=tsYou can now access SVG by flying from the USA to Martinique, connecting to St Vincent with AIRAWAK.
LIAT announced recently that they had purchased two larger ATR turbo-props (I think a 72-seater and a 90-seater) and when they made this announcement, they also indicated that fares would be dropping in June - though we have yet to see such fare reductions
