Who ever takes on mainland flights to EIS will have to be very flexable on scheduling.

There are about 2,500 guest beds in the BVI so with the charter yachts I would put the total guest capacity at around 12,000. Occupancy rate is right at 67%. Over the past 5 years the total arrivals have averaged about 380,000/year or about 1,100/day but it is highly variable from more than 2,300 per day in March to less than 200 in September. It also varies considerably by day of the week and with the average stay being 9.7 days the top departure days don't match the top arrival days. A well run ferry system can handle wide swings in demand much easier than an airline and combining BVI traffic with the USVI traffic will greatly smooth out the day to day variations.