Cessna 402 operator Cape Air plans to launch a seventh destination from its San Juan, Puerto Rico hub when it inaugurates flights to Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. The carrier aims to start the new service this year or the beginning of 2010 at the latest, pending completion of paving at the Virgin Gorda airport.

Cape Air flies to St Louis, MO, Marion, Decatur, and Quincy, IL; White Plains, NY, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard; Baltimore, MD to Lancaster PA and Hagerstown, MD. All these routes are operated as EAS, Essential Air Service, on government subsidies.