No ka manawa mua mai ka 1980s, hiki ke komo i ka British Virgin Islands (BVI) me ka lawelawe ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā mai Miami a i Beef Island/ Tortola, ma o American Airlines e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 1. ka pono o ka poʻe huakaʻi e hoʻohui i Puerto Rico a i ʻole St. Thomas, e lawe iā lākou i ke Teritori kamahaʻo me ka manawa kūpono e leʻaleʻa ai i ko lākou wahi hope loa, inā paha e hoʻolimalima i kahi moku moku a i ʻole e noho ana i loko o kahi villa nani, hale hoʻokipa, a i ʻole ka moku pilikino.
"Ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi holo ʻole mua mai ʻAmelika i nā makahiki he nui, he manawa nui kēia e lawe mai i nā mea huakaʻi ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i nā wai aniani o kā mākou mokupuni punahele," wahi a Clive McCoy, Luna Hoʻokele o ka huakaʻi, British Virgin Islands Tourist Board & Komisina Kiʻiʻoniʻoni. "Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi o nā hōʻiliʻili nani loa o nā mokupuni a me nā kahakai ma nā wahi a pau o ka honua a ke kakali nei i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā mākou mau malihini hou a hoʻi mai i kahi ʻano o nā ʻike ma The Sailing Capital of the World."
ʻOihana Hoʻokele Nonstop Hou
Ma kahi hoʻoholo i manaʻo nui ʻia e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe lewa ma waena o ka US a me ka BVI, e hoʻomaka ka American Airlines i nā huakaʻi holo ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā mai Miami International Airport (MIA) a i Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (EIS) ma Iune 1. ʻAukake 14 a hoʻomaka hou i Nowemapa ma hope o ke kau haʻahaʻa hāʻule. Manaʻo ʻia ka lawelawe ea hou e lawe mai i kahi 2,128 mau mea kaʻa i kēlā me kēia mahina i ka BVI.
E haʻalele ana nā huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā mai Miami a i Beef Island i ka hola 10:07 am a hōʻea i ka hola 1:06 pm E haʻalele nā mokulele hoʻi i ka hola 1:47 pm a hōʻea i ka hola 4:25 pm