That would be wonderful if it were possible. The reality is each of those governments have no interest in working together. The sea conditions between those islands can also be enormous. Not sure if the airlines have any interest or will to coordinate with marine transportation? There are examples elsewhere where you can check your bag and travel by rail to the airport seamlessly.

The BVI plan to success would need to start at baggage claim in STT with a greeting and escort/transport to a ferry dock on the STT property. Last I heard the STT taxi lobby and St. Thomas government wanted none of that.

One major obstacle that no one seems willing to try and overcome is the existing ferry operators low standard operational style and none hospitality enterprise culture that will never make this successful for the 21st Century traveler the BVI hopes to attack and retain. This board is filled with customer disappointment with the ferries, taxis, water taxis, credit cards, wet bags..... One would think if you do not have Kevin you are doomed. That is not going to scale or ever fly with Mrs. Got Rocks or her friends and daughters.

There is a reason why Little Dix has placed greeters in at STT baggage claim with a hassle free experience to the resort.

So the ferries hang on as the cheap bus service for the locals that some travelers will always make use of. Sort of the BVI equivalent of riding on top of the freight train. The BVI leadership will step up and build their own runway to take direct control of the BVI destiny and visitor experience. All in the modernization of the BVI health, sanitary, and transportation investment will result in +/-$500 million in bundled long term debt. That can easily be covered with +/-$25 Million a year or $50-$100 per visitor. All very doable. The only real questions are the completion dates, what other costs or agenda will get crammed in there, and what if any cost the BVI will have to subsidize AA and/or JetBlue to fly to EIS daily with at least one MIA and one Northeast cost flight each day. 600 air passengers each way each day is very attainable. I suspect there will be additional options with some planes stopping in SJU and boarding connecting passengers. What many leave out is the belongers and expats traveling off the island along with the airfreight that no modern economy can live without. Trelis Bay will be changed forever. The reality is Trelis Bay was changed long ago. The political mouthpiece and public driver for all this is Dr. the Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering. A US educated board certified surgeon born and raise in Trelis Bay. It is time to stop all the noise and get on with the work to finish the air transportation solution and jobs for the next generation. Pickering got that long ago and the all the talking brings us to only one option. Extend the existing runway into the sea to meet the 21st Century standards set by others off the islands.