Tag: Barbuda

Antigua News Room

CalvinAir is proud to announce the expansion of its fleet with the addition of a Pilatus PC-12, a state-of-the-art fixed-wing aircraft. This new addition signifies a major step forward for the airline, enabling CalvinAir to provide more versatile and efficient transportation solutions across the region. Previously focused exclusively on helicopter services, CalvinAir’s introduction of the PC-12 offers a wider array of capabilities, including long-haul charter flights and enhanced support for emergency medical airlift operations.

Antigua News Room

Just two weeks into January and CalvinAir Helicopters is already continuing its commitment in providing medical emergency evacuation service as mandated by its Chairman, Ambassador Calvin Ayre. Ayre, a businessman and philanthropist, is also the Founder of the Calvin Ayre Foundation, which funds the cost for the emergency flights.

By Michele Peterson for The Globe and Mail

The best way to appreciate Barbuda’s unique beauty just might be from the air. I’m in the cockpit of an Airbus EC130 CalvinAir helicopter and, as pilot Mark Fleming tilts the controls, the island rushes toward us. It appears like a rainbow tourmaline, a crystalline speck of green forest fringed by white and pink sand, in a vast sea of blue.