Above: a Tradewind plane at Nevis airport

By the Caribbean Journal staf

Nevis’ Vance Amory International Airport saw a 6.9 percent increase in traffic in 2014, compared to the same period in 2013, according to newly-released data from the Ministry of Tourism.

The airport got a boost in part from new flights debuted in the last year and a half by Tradewind Aviation, Fly Montserrat and, more crucially, Seaborne Airlines, which debuted its first flights to both St Kitts and Nevis at the beginning of 2014.

Nevis Tourism Minister Mark Brantley has been a major advocate for increased traffic at the airport, with an emphasis on “long-term partnerships.”

“We are not just looking for somebody to come in for the six weeks,” he said in 2013. “We are looking for long term partnerships with airlines, to serve our people into and out of Antigua; into and out of St. Maarten; into and out of San Juan, Puerto Rico.”