What’s New at Tradewind Aviation

By: - September 29th, 2017
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By Alexander Britell

Tradewind Aviation has  announced that its flights to Nevis would resume on Dec. 15 out of both San Juan and Antigua, with the carrier planning to “go long” on Nevis.

Tradewind co-owner David Zipkin told Caribbean Journal that the carrier would not be pulling any St Barth inventory.

“We’re behind it 100 percent,” he said.

San Juan-Nevis flights will operate five days per week from Thursday through Monday, while flights from Antigua to Nevis will operate twice a week on Fridays and Sundays.

Tradewind operates a fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft.

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