"Note St. Croix is starving out there. " Which goes to prove that having a 10,000 ft runway is not a key to the tourist market. Unlike the ghosts of the 1919 Black Socks, if you build it they will not necessarily come.

The other Caribbean islands are not within 25 miles of an established airport with connections to most US markets. EIS will always be in competition with STT and STT will always have a significant advantage in pricing,scheduling to more destinations and ground service facilities. The BVI is the final destination of only about 20% of the STT arrivals but over 60% of the total BVI arrivals. More than half of the visitors to the BVI will continue to come through STT no matter what they do at EIS so it would behoove the BVI government to regulate and improve the ferry service.

That is not as difficult as it may seem. Unlike most ferry services the Charlotte Amalie/Tortola route does not need an operating subsidy. It needs for the 3 players to form a co-operative, about $5 million in equity, government underwriting of financing 6 new 90 passenger fast cats and most of all, STRICT REGULATION and OVERSITE.