News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
KRALENDIJK- JetAir Caribbean's highly anticipated triangular flights between Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire have ceased operations. Despite the initial excitement surrounding the collaboration between the airline, Bonaire International Airport (BIA), and the Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB), the flights are no longer available for booking and Bonaire has been removed from JetAir's list of destinations. While JetAir had previously ... Lees verder
TOCUMEN, PANAMA - For the fourth consecutive month, Copa Airlines, which also operates flights to Curaçao and Aruba, has been recognized as the most punctual airline in all of Latin America. This figures were published by Cirium, which keeps track of ... Lees verder
Bonaire-based Medicair has been operating ambulance aircraft and providing the crew for 20 years, while Fundashon Mariadal supplies the nurses. Photo: Medicair KRALENDIJK - According to the general director of Fundashon Mariadal Hospital in Bonaire, ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- In an eagerly awaited move, the St. Maarten-based airline, WINAIR, is in the final stages of preparation for the delivery of its inaugural ATR-42 aircraft. The first of two aircraft is now fully painted and on the brink of being ferried to St. ... Lees verder
ORANESTAD- KIVI Caribbean engineers recently visited the Aruba Airport where they learned all about the sustainable initiatives and expansion plans at Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix. AAA's Director of Health, Safety and Sustainability, Angeline ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - There has been a lot of speculation on Curaçao in recent days about the possibility that travel organization Corendon itself will operate flights between Schiphol and the airport of Curaçao. Usually well-informed sources show that flights to ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK/WILLEMSTAD - Regional airline EZ Air has decided to no longer incorporate two Saab 2000 aircraft, initially planned to be deployed in the first quarter of 2023. The Saab 2000 is a slightly larger variant of the Saab 340 planes the airline ... Lees verder
ZANDERIJ - A strike by the union representing the staff of the Surinamese Airline Company (SLM) led to enormous chaos at the Johan Adolf Pengel airport in Paramaribo on Friday. Due to the strike of the staff, who are also responsible for the handling at the ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD- The Queen Beatrix Airport of Aruba has added a 100% electric bus to their fleet of busses. The COBUS Industries GmbH E Cobus 3000 has a capacity to carry up to 110 passengers and is the first of its kind in the Caribbean Region. According to the ... Lees verder
WILLEMSTAD – On Wednesday, the first flight of the Venezuelan Albatros Airlines was welcomed at Curaçao International Airport. The flight originated from Las Piedras airport (LSP). According to the airline, flights will resume after a four-year break. ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Bonaire and the Air Handling Services Bonaire (AHSB) team have won a major award from Delta Airlines as Station of the Year. Bonaire and the AHSB team was chosen from a group of ten airports, which fall into the same category as Flamingo ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD, ARUBA- A team from the Chilean carrier SKY Airline visited Reina Beatrix airport on Friday. The visit to Aruba is part of the airline's search for possible new destinations in the Caribbean. During the visit, the Sky team received information ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- On Friday WINAIR welcomed the Dutch Caribbean Cooperation of Airports (DCCA) Task Force for a site visit at the airline. The DCCA Task Force team is comprised of business development managers of the Dutch Caribbean Airports and it is the purpose ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - At the airport, work has recently been done on re-applying the lines on, among other things, the runway and the aprons. Director of Bonaire International Airport (BIA), Maarten van der Scheer is satisfied with the work delivered. “Clearly ... Lees verder
BOGOTA- Within a period of 5 weeks, two airlines in Colombia have had to throw in the towel and file for bankruptcy. It concerns two so-called Ultra Low Cost Carriers (ULCCs) Viva Air and Ultra Air, which together controlled more than 30% of the local ... Lees verder