When An Airline is Family

2013-04-10 12:12:54 by

Captain Mike Foster and his one-man airline, Coastal Air Transport are based in St Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. What sets Coastal Air apart from other small private carriers in the region is the fact that almost ninety-eight percent of its customers aren't tourists or expatriates, as one might expect, but local island residents living in NEVIS REAL ESTATE.
Coastal Air's destinations, St Eustatius, Nevis, and Dominica, all have one thing in common, they are not typical tourist destinations, difficult to get to, and are still relatively untouched by the commercialization found on most larger islands.
Fosters most important service to these small island communities is the US Mail. Or, more precisely, mail forwarding. Customers have their letters and packages sent to Coastal Air's own PO Box in Christiansted, St Croix, from where Foster himself collects and delivers them for a nominal fee. Foster operates a twin-engined, nine-passenger Cessna 402B modified with special short take-off and landing equipment.



Source:thestkittsnevisobserver.com