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) (handled by British Airways) is the main airline serving St Vincent & the Grenadines. Other airlines include Air Martinique, Mustique Airways, SVG Air, BWEE Express and Caribbean Star.
Approximate flight times: From St Vincent to London (via Barbados) is 9 hours, to Los Angeles is 9 hours, to New York is 5 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, Union Island, Canouan and Mustique for light aircraft.
Departure tax: EC$30 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.
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