News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
Kralendijk- On Saturday afternoon, KLM's Boeing 777, known as the 'Orange Pride' touched down at Flamingo International Airport for the first time. The flight, with flight number KL771, got quite some attention from onlookers at the airport and close-by … [Read more] about KLM’s Orange Pride plane draws lots of attention in Bonaire
Kralendijk- The first batch of corona vaccines for the Caribbean part of the Kingdom left today by KLM to Bonaire and Aruba. All Dutch Caribbean islands will receive vaccine shipments. State Secretary Paul Blokhuis (VWS) and Pieter Elbers, CEO of KLM, were … [Read more] about First Corona Vaccine Shipment en route to Bonaire
Kralendijk- Website BonairePros.com has published a blog with the necessary steps to travel through Bonaire via Curaçao Airport. The Blog gives a complete list of all the steps one needs to undertake to travel for instance from the US to Bonaire, and -most … [Read more] about Blog writes about ’12-point Shuffle’ to get to Bonaire during Covid
KRALENDIJK - The Bonaire Hotel and Tourism Association (BONHATA) regrets that traveling to Bonaire is currently being made very difficult due to the new entry measures imposed by the Kingdom Government. In addition to the required PCR test, it is mandatory … [Read more] about BONHATA Regrets Imposed Entry Policy Bonaire
Amsterdam - In the Netherlands, for the first time in the world, a passenger flight has been carried out in which the aircraft has flown partly on sustainably produced synthetic kerosene. This was announced today at an international conference on sustainable … [Read more] about World’s First Passenger Flight with Sustainable Synthetic Kerosene
Oranjestad, St. Eustatius- Former PLP leader and Island Council member Clyde van Putten feels that St. Eustatius and Saba need to have a seat on Winair's supervisory board. Van Putten made his remarks in reaction to the news that he had, as only IC member, … [Read more] about Clyde van Putten: Statia needs to be on Winair’s Supervisory Board!
Oranjestad- The airlift -or better said the lack thereof- between St. Eustatius and surrounding island was a hot item in Thursday's island council meeting. During the meeting questions were also raised about the financial support provided to Winair by the … [Read more] about Statia Airlift hot item in Central Committee meeting
Kralendijk- Due to the low infection rate on both Bonaire and Curaçao Governor Edison Rijna has announced a de-escalation of measures surrounding Covid-19. One big change is the fact that as of Friday, February 5 a negative PCR test is no longer required … [Read more] about PCR-test no longer required for short trips between Curaçao and Bonaire
Kralendijk - Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) recently announced that Bonaire will reopen to the North-American visitors with direct flights from Atlanta, Miami, Houston and Newark as of February 2021. Travelers from high-risk countries traveling to … [Read more] about US flights to Bonaire postponed due to new entry measures
Kralendijk- Local airline EZ Air has resumed flights to Barranquilla in Colombia on Friday. The first flight took off this morning at 9.15 AM from Curaçao International Airport to land at the Ernesto Cortissoz airport in the Port city of Barranquilla by 11 … [Read more] about EZ Air Resumes Flights to Colombia