[8] Under agreed financial protocols, external borrowing by the BVI Government needs to be approved by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

[9] The Premier, Orlando Smith, said "Negotiations will now get underway with the preferred bidder with a view to concluding a contractual agreement within three months, which delivers the right outcome for the people of this territory.

[11] Historically, in 1986 the airport had scheduled passenger jet service operated by British Caribbean Airways,[16][17] with direct flights to Miami.

However the new service never flew, and BVI Airways is now presumed to be defunct[18] having laid off all of its staff shortly before Hurricane Irma stuck in 2017.

[21] Air BVI was an airline based at the airport which operated scheduled passenger service from the early the 1970s to the mid 1990s with Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander and Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft as well as with Hawker Siddeley HS 748 turboprops during its existence.