BVI Airways is a defunct airline of the British Virgin Islands. Its headquarters were located at its hub at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport serving the territory's main island of Tortola with the capital, Road Town. It suspended inter-island operations in late 2014, shortly after a change of ownership to concentrate on a non-stop schedule directly to the United States. The company slogan was Your Caribbean Airline. In July 2017 the airline made most of its staff redundant, and in March 2018 it was alleged that at least one of its aircraft had been sold off to a third party, Net Tune Airwaves. A number of controversial allegations have been made about the airline in a lawsuit. In May 2020, following a report by the Auditor General, it was announced that there would be a 'full criminal investigation' into the Government's investment in the airline. In June 2020 it was announced that funding would be made available to hire specialist investigators to assist the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force in relation to an investigation into criminal aspects of the matter. History BVI Airways was founded in 2009 and started operations in May 2010, initially serving the popular Beef Island (EIS) to St Maarten (SXM) route three times per week. In September 2010 the airline began flying some services on behalf of Winair, adding Dominica (DOM) to its route network. In March 2014 the airline changed ownership with Jerry Willoughby taking over the company from Luke Smith. Willoughby was a former Delta Air Lines Captain and announced plans for bigger aircraft and an expanded route network, including plans to link Tortola directly with Miami International Airport (MIA). In January 2016 it was announced by the Premier of the British Virgin Islands that a partnership was formed to launch flights starting in winter 2016-17 direct to Miami. In June 2020 a highly critical of the Auditor General in relation to the Government's handling of the investment into BVI Airways was published. Fleet BVI Airways' initial fleet consisted of two 19-seater British Aerospace Jetstream Super 31 commuter turboprops. The new non-stop service to Miami will make use of the British Aerospace Avro RJ 100 jet with the Avro RJ 100 being a later model version of the British Aerospace Bae 146 jet. In October 2016, BVI Airways received its maiden airlines type RJ-100 aircraft naming BVI Airways with two more to be delivered.