Talk:Argyle International Airport

POV

I know nothing about the politics of St. Vincent & the Granadines, but this article seems to have pretty large ax to the grind with the airport. Jpatokal (talk) 10:07, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

This article seems like political propaganda for SVG airport, rather than a Wiki for SVD new airport. It is by far the longest airport Wiki that I have seen (and I have seen a few), specially when compared to the little improvement that it has brought to Vicentians. It has pretty much the same airlines than the previous airport (ET Joshua), plus two or three long haul flights to Toronto, Miami and New York on a weekly basis. All the fanfarre asociated with this seems more like a strategy to wash Ralph Goncalves and his government for what it is the biggest single capital expenditure in the short lived island-nation's history, as compared to the not significant increase in tourism figures that it has shown since its opening. Action should be taken and several sections of the article should be reduced or deleted. Wikipedia is about protraying facts as they are, not about merchandising political figures and/or their actions.

Like Jpatokal, I know very little about the politics of this island nation, other than what i read on wikipedia. That being true, I am not sure that this wikipedia entry qualifies as an axe to grind. Irrespective of the government or politics, it is just plain bad governance and bad management to have an airport still not fully functioning 6 years after claiming it would be ready. They claim it opened Feb 14, 2017 - but the entire point of this airport was to have big planes from international carriers landing here. It would be a complete waste of money if only Liat, SVG, and Caribbean flew to Argyle - they already had that with the old airport. So, Argyle is still not really up and running six years after the first claimed opening date. I wish them the best of luck and i look forward to flying there when it really is open. But I have been watching this wikipedia site (and the official airport development site) for years. I am still waiting. It does not bother me one bit that the wikipedia entry takes a bit of a skeptical, almost sarcastic tone. Perhaps a bit of the sarcasm could be purged, but skepticism and disbelief - they have earned that. It would be dishonest to wikipedia readers to report further government claims at face value - they need to be called out on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lesliegb (talk • contribs) 03:20, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

This article had intentional miseadings to the public, insinuating that it was scheduling commercial flights, which it is not accept for Liat. Further, the airport is not IATA certified, and no airlines have committed what so ever, nor are planning to fly to this airport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truthforsvd (talk • contribs) 23:35, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Lots to do here, but removed this POV sentence:

This new national milestone would not have been possible had it not been for DEITY or Divine Intervention, the visionary leadership of Dr. The Honourable Ralph E. Gonsalves, loyal friends, purposeful self-reliance, dogged determination and the hard work and dedication of hundreds of individuals collaborating towards a common goal, one that will bring about the prosperity of the entire Vincentian nation.

Cited references were from a newspaper section entitled "ULP Views," which refers to the Unity Labour (political) Party - basically written on behalf of the ruling party and PM. Blotto adrift (talk) 13:32, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

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