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.

In July 2017 the airline made most of its staff redundant,[2] 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.

[6] 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 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 report highly critical of the Auditor General in relation to the Government's handling of the investment into BVI Airways was published.

[2] Shortly thereafter Hurricane Irma struck the Territory causing widespread disruption to air carriers for an extended period of time.

[2] In a lawsuit filed in the New York courts between the present and previous owners of BVI Airways, a number of serious allegations of misconduct were made in relation to the running of the airline.