Air Montserrat
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[edit] Basic Information
Air Montserrat Ltd. is a locally owned Aircraft Charter Service Operation Company operated and maintained by Trans Anguilla Airways (2000) Ltd. Air Montserrat is based on the beautiful island of Montserrat since October 2006. Air Montserrat offers charter services to neighboring islands, sight seeing tours, medical evacuation, executive/corporative air transport, cargo lifts and more in their Britten Norman Islander. This twin engine aircraft seats 9 persons in a comfortable seating arrangement.
[edit] Services
It currently has charter flights from Montserrat to Antigua four times daily. Once the airline has fully established itself, it plans to add flights to other islands including St. Kitts, Nevis, Guadeloupe and St. Maarten.
[edit] Brief History
This is not the first airline to be based on Montserrat. Before the island'sW. H. Bramble Airport closed in 1997, it was home to Montserrat Airways. Also in 1956 charter flights from an airstrip in Olveston (a village in Montserrat) were started. This charter service later became the Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT).