World Country Guide

Travel - International

Air
Travel to St Vincent & the Grenadines is via Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, St Lucia or Trinidad & Tobago, and then on to St Vincent & the Grenadines in a prop plane. LIAT (LI) is the main airline serving St Vincent & the Grenadines. Other airlines include Air Martinique, BWEE Express, Caribbean Star, Mustique Airways and SVG Air.

Approximate flight times
From St Vincent to London (via Barbados) is nine hours, to Los Angeles is nine hours, to New York is five hours and to Singapore is 33 hours.

International airports
ET Joshua (SVD) is 3km (2 miles) southeast of Kingstown. Airport facilities include car hire, restaurant, bar and duty free shops. Buses and taxis go from the airport to the city. There are standard fares to a number of major hotels throughout the island. There are also small airports on Bequia, Canouan, Mustique and Union Island for light aircraft.

Departure tax
EC$35 on all international departures; children under 12 years of age and passengers staying for less than 24 hours are exempt.

Sea
Some of the Grenadines are ports of call for a number of cruise lines: Clipper Cruise Lines, Epirotiki, Festival Cruises, Fred Olsen, Hapag Lloyd, Holland America, Marline Universal, Seabourn and Sea Cloud Cruises.