January 2017 | Business View Caribbean

26 27 “This new airport is going to lead to a trans- formation of my country,” exclaims Dr. Rudy Matthias, CEO of the International Airport Development Company Limited (IADCL), a wholly-owned, limited liability company of the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Incorporated in 2004, the IADCLwas given a mandate to spearhead the construction of a new greenfield airport at Argyle, on 275 acres of land on the southeastern tip of St. Vincent, and to help put in place the management systems for its future operations. Work on the new airport was begun in July 2005, and the facility was initially slated for an opening in 2012, but construction delays prompted several postponements. The new, official opening date is now February 14, 2017. Until then, visitors to the multi-island state will continue to utilize the E.T. Joshua International Airport on St..Vincent, and the country’s several smaller airstrips scattered The International Airport Development Company Limited The International Airport Development Company Limited “We are going to open to the world” AT A GLANCE The International Airport Development Company Limited WHAT: Responsible for the financing and construction of the Argyle International Airport WHERE: Argyle, St. Vincent WEBSITE: www.svgiadc.com