NEW FBO OPENS AT CYRIL E. KING AIRPORT

Congratulations to Standard Aviation on their official opening ceremony held yesterday. This new fix based operator is the largest in the Caribbean region and provides first-class amenities and services for private jet operators arriving at the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas. The USVI can now compete with the most lavish FBO's in the world.

PUBLIC NOTICE

VIPA Seeks to Extend the Deadline for PFC Collection at the Cyril E. King Airport

The Virgin Islands Port Authority Port Authority intends to submit a new Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Application to the Federal Aviation Administration for the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas (CEKA). VIPA currently collects $4.50 in PFCs per eligible enplaned passenger with a new estimated expiration date of July 1, 2025. The PFC collection amount remains the same in this new request. This application will ensure VIPA maintains ongoing PFC collections to fund airport terminal capital improvement projects after the current expiration date of January 1, 2021.

While the PFC will only be collected from tickets for passengers departing from CEKA, the funds collected will be used to support terminal upgrade projects at both CEKA and the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport terminals (HERA). The projects will include upgrades to the baggage handling systems and new ticketing counters in the departure and hold room areas.

Public comments may be submitted through November 2, 2020, to:

Anna Mauricia Penn

Chief Financial Officer

Virgin Islands Port Authority

Phone: 340 714-6623

mpenn@viport.com

For more information about how PFCs are collected and how they can be used, visit https://www.faa.com/airports/pfc/.

Download PFC Application Booklet

TRAVEL ADVISORY:
COVID-19

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS

U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has declared a State of Emergency in response to COVID-19. The territory is now in the "Safer at Home" Phase of its COVID-19 path to a new normal.

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