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The following local airlines fly direct to BEQUIA
from BARBADOS and ST. LUCIA:

Grenadine Air Alliance / SVG AIR

Bequia's J.F. Mitchell Airport res@svgair.com (reservations and enquiries)  www.svgair.com St. Vincent Office: (784) 457 5124 SUMMER SPECIAL FROM BARBADOS 2017 SUMMER SCHEDULE 2017

SVG Air, part of the Grenadine Air Alliance (GA), offers scheduled daily flights from Barbados to Bequia, which are designed to connect with incoming international flights. Flying time is approximately 55 minutes, reaching Bequia in the late afternoon. SVG Air also offer an extensive range of scheduled and private charter routes to other Grenadine islands, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Martinique. Well known for their courteous, efficent service, punctuality and excellent customer care.

Bequia's J.F. Mitchell airport was opened in 1992, and services daily scheduled flights to and from Barbados. Private charters and scheduled flights to and from Grenada (SVG Air), Union Island, Canouan and St. Vincent are also available - contact the above local airlines for details. 

Arrival: You will be expected to present a completed Immigration Form provided by your incoming airline. Visitors must also be able to show a return ticket out of St. Vincent & the Grenadines. 

Hotels and apartments normally arrange for their guests to be collected by taxi from the airport - ask for details when you book. Otherwise there are always taxis to meet each arriving flight who will be happy to take you safely to your hotel, apartment, guest house or villa.

Departure: There is a national departure tax of EC$100 (about US$40) for each passenger leaving St. Vincent & the Grenadines. This tax will already be included in the ticket price for LIAT and other major airlines departing from AIA (Argyle International Airport), but must be paid on departure by persons travelling on SVG Air/GAA/Mustique Airways out of AIA, Bequia or any other Grenadine island airports.

As an alternative to flying direct into Bequia, visitors may choose to travel to St. Vincent, and then take a taxi from the airport to the Grenadines wharf, (approx. EC$80 one way) and then the ferry onward to Bequia (EC$25 one way). The following regional airlines fly direct to St. Vincent's Argyle International Airport from Barbados, as well as from other hubs such as St. Lucia, Grenada and Trinidad. 

L.I.A.T. 
St. Vincent
Within select Local Markets Call Toll Free at: 1-888-844-LIAT (5428)
In U.S.V.I. and Puerto Rico call 866-549-5428
From Antigua call 480-5582
All others 1-268-480-5601/2 (Call Center Antigua W.I)
reservations@liatairline.com
www.liatairline.com 
Tel: (784) 784 4571821  / (784) 458 4841

After arriving at the airport in St. Vincent, visitors should take a taxi (approx US$10) to the "Ferry Dock" (officially known as the Grenadines Wharf) in Kingstown to catch the ferry to Bequia - either the Admiral II (green and white) or the Bequia Express I, III  or IV(red and white). If your schedule is tight, tell your taxi driver!

Once at the ferry dock, you must pass through the Grenadines Wharf terminal. Pay for your ferry ticket on board. Fares are EC$25 one way, and EC$45 return (any time - if you travel both ways with the same ferry company). US dollars will be accepted by both taxis and ferries at about 2.60 to the EC$.

The ferries - all of which offer snack and drinks bar and a choice of interior air-conditioned seating, or outside benches for the best view - are frequent on weekdays but less frequent at the weekends. Cancellations may occasionally occur at short notice.

Schedules can also be subject to seasonal change, so it's sensible to check with the ferry companies or the Bequia Tourism Association before planning your journey. In the low season, the last weekday ferry to Bequia (Bequia Express) leaves St. Vincent at 6pm. The 5.30pm (Admiral) ferry to Bequia only runs on Saturdays and Sundays.

Please call the ferry companies for their up-to-date ferry schedule!
Phone contact: Admiralty Transport 784 458 3348 and Bequia Express 784 457 3539,
or check on line.

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO BEQUIA

From France
Air France now flies to Barbados twice weekly, via Martinique. Connections can then be made as detailed above, either direct to Bequia, or to St. Vincent and then by ferry to Bequia.
Alternatively, fly direct to Martinique, connect via LIAT to St. Vincent, then take the ferry to Bequia. Note that air connections to St. Vincent from Martinique are invariably not direct however, and may involve long stops in both St. Lucia and Barbados and or overnight stays to get to Bequia.
(Or fly via London to Barbados)

From Germany and Switzerland
CONDOR (charter) now flies direct to Barbados from a number of major German cities, and from Basel, Geneva and Brussels. Connections can then be made as above, either direct to Bequia, or to St. Vincent and then by ferry to Bequia.
(Or fly via London to Barbados)

LOCAL TRAVEL AGENTS
Going Places Travel, Port Elizabeth

Tel: St. Vincent (784) 457 1841
Tel: Bequia (784) 458 3062

© BTA 2017