BWIA (BRITISH WEST INDIAN AIRWAYS) FIRST FLIGHT COVER FROM NEW YORK X2 -SEE BELOW DETAILS

BWIA (BRITISH WEST INDIAN AIRWAYS) FIRST JET AIRMAIL FLIGHT BOEING 707 COVER FROM NEW YORK X2

1-NEW YORK-TRINADAD 10/6/61-..BACK STAMPED 11/6/61.PORT OF SPAIN SIGNED BY POSTMASTER-SCARCE
2-NEW YORK-BARBADOS 10/6/61..BACK STAMPED..BARBADOS 11/6/61

HISTORY OF BWIA-British West Indian Airways was established on 27 November 1939 by New Zealander Lowell Yerex. Operations started on 27 November 1940 .BWIA became BWIA International Airways in 1980 after a merger with Trinidad and Tobago Air Services (which had been formed by the government in June 1974), becoming the national airline.On 22 February 1995, the government of Trinidad and Tobago completed the privatisation of BWIA by turning over majority control of the common stock and management of the airline to a private group of US and Caribbean investors.The company announced on 8 September 2006 that the airline would be shut down on 31 December 2006. All of the approximately 1700 employees were separated from the company but applied for new contracts with a new entity Caribbean Airlines