Argyle International Airport
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Argyle International Airport is a future international airport that is currently under construction in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The groundbreaking took place in 2008, and the facility is expected to be completed by early 2014. The airport will cost around $240 million, and will replace the existing E.T. Joshua Airport
, increasing passenger capacity by nearly four times compared to the older facility.
recently realized that tourist, visitors and Vincentians find it a struggle to get to Saint Vincent, as they often have to get connecting flights to E.T. Joshua Airport through different islands, mainly Barbados (Grantley Adams International Airport
), St. Lucia (Hewanorra International Airport
) and Grenada (Maurice Bishop International Airport). Saint Vincent had ideas about expanding the E.T. Joshua Airport but soon realized that it would be extremely hard to extend the runways and building space. The two other sites that were recommended were Argyle on the eastern side of the island and Kitchen to the southeast. Eventually Argyle was decided upon to be the home of the new International Airport and work began on 13 August 2005. Many countries are helping with the building of the airport, including Cuba
, Turkey
, Iran
, Taiwan
, Trinidad
and Tobago
, Austria
and Mexico
. The runway is expected to be around 9,000 and feet long and 150 feet wide. The Argyle International Airport date is set to open for early 2014.
For more information you can check out the International Airport Development company (IADC) http://svgiadc.com/index.asp The International Airport Development Company Limited (IADC)is a wholly owned government limited liability company, which was incorporated on 24 November 2004 under the Companies Act of 1994. The IADC is set up primarily to arrange the effective management of the completion of the international airport, and to secure its financing and construction at Argyle. The company is governed by an 11 member Board of Directors and is managed by a group of professionals headed by CEO Dr. Rudolph Matthias. The company is mandated to see the completion of the international airport at Argyle by the end of December 2013 and to begin training persons who would eventually manage the airport on its completion. The workers at the site are grouped under an umbrella called the Chatoyer-Che contingent, made up of Cuban and Vincentian workers. The IADC is located on site at Argyle, for easier management and supervision of all works.
E.T. Joshua Airport
E.T. Joshua Airport , also known as Arnos Vale Airport, is an airport located in Arnos Vale, near Kingstown, on Saint Vincent island. The airport was named for Ebenezer Theodore Joshua, the first chief minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
, increasing passenger capacity by nearly four times compared to the older facility.
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The island nation of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
recently realized that tourist, visitors and Vincentians find it a struggle to get to Saint Vincent, as they often have to get connecting flights to E.T. Joshua Airport through different islands, mainly Barbados (Grantley Adams International Airport
Grantley Adams International Airport
Grantley Adams International Airport , is found in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados. The former name of the airport was Seawell Airport before being dedicated in honour of the first Premier of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams in 1976. The airport's timezone is GMT –4, and is...
), St. Lucia (Hewanorra International Airport
Hewanorra International Airport
Hewanorra International Airport , near Vieux Fort Quarter, Saint Lucia, in the Caribbean, is the larger of the country's two airports and is managed by the Saint Lucia Air and Seaports Authority ....
) and Grenada (Maurice Bishop International Airport). Saint Vincent had ideas about expanding the E.T. Joshua Airport but soon realized that it would be extremely hard to extend the runways and building space. The two other sites that were recommended were Argyle on the eastern side of the island and Kitchen to the southeast. Eventually Argyle was decided upon to be the home of the new International Airport and work began on 13 August 2005. Many countries are helping with the building of the airport, including Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
and Tobago
Tobago
Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located in the southern Caribbean, northeast of the island of Trinidad and southeast of Grenada. The island lies outside the hurricane belt...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The runway is expected to be around 9,000 and feet long and 150 feet wide. The Argyle International Airport date is set to open for early 2014.
For more information you can check out the International Airport Development company (IADC) http://svgiadc.com/index.asp The International Airport Development Company Limited (IADC)is a wholly owned government limited liability company, which was incorporated on 24 November 2004 under the Companies Act of 1994. The IADC is set up primarily to arrange the effective management of the completion of the international airport, and to secure its financing and construction at Argyle. The company is governed by an 11 member Board of Directors and is managed by a group of professionals headed by CEO Dr. Rudolph Matthias. The company is mandated to see the completion of the international airport at Argyle by the end of December 2013 and to begin training persons who would eventually manage the airport on its completion. The workers at the site are grouped under an umbrella called the Chatoyer-Che contingent, made up of Cuban and Vincentian workers. The IADC is located on site at Argyle, for easier management and supervision of all works.