News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
Kralendijk- According to Stinapa Director Arjen De Wolff, investing in early detection and prevention is Key when it comes to dealing with crisis such as last week's Sargassum invasion on the Northern shores of island. This was one of the most important … [Read more] about STINAPA on Sargassum Crisis: Early Detection and Prevention Imperative
Kralendijk (February 26th, 2018) – Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) hereby would like to inform the results for the airlift performance of 2017. Data was retrieved from Bonaire International Airport and analysed. Europe continues to lead the market … [Read more] about Results Airlift Performance 2017
Philipsburg- Winair says to be proud with the successful launch of the CN-Express, a flight operated by Winair in partnership with the Kingdom of the Netherlands to connect St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Bonaire. The flights will be executed by wet-leased … [Read more] about First CN-Express Flight Executed between Bonaire and St. Eustatius
Kralendijk- February 21, 2018 was an important evening for 6 hardworking women from the housekeeping teams of Den Laman, Sand Dollar and Terramar; they received their well-deserved, official diploma of the accredited housekeeping training that they followed … [Read more] about Diplomas Handed to Bonaire Housekeeping Staff
Philipsburg- In what at times seems a continuing saga of commencing and aborted services, St. Maarten based Winair today has announced the start of daily services between Curaçao and St. Maarten using a wet-leased Air Antilles ATR-plane. The plane has a … [Read more] about Winair to start daily Curaçao flights
Oranjestad- The PLP/Merkman coalition is preparing a much needed facelift for the FDR airport terminal, in spite of the limited means the government has at its disposition to do so. The plans for the upgrading of the airport were confirmed to the BES-Reporter … [Read more] about Facelift and expansion in the works for Statia Airport
Kralendijk- Suspect R.E.G.S. was sentenced this morning to a prison sentence of 17 years. S. received this sentence for the manslaughter of cruise ship employee Adriana Morales de Florencio, committed in April 2017 on Bonaire. Subsequently the suspect was also … [Read more] about Killer of Adriana Morales sentenced to 17 years in prison
The Hague- Tourism on the Dutch islands of Saba and St. Eustatius has been hit hard since September last year, as a result of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Not only because of the damage sustained on the islands themselves, but also due to the situation on the … [Read more] about Dutch cabinet offers support to tourism entrepreneurs Saba, Statia
Kralendijk- Divi Divi Air is bringing some desperately needed relief on the route between Bonaire and Curaçao with the deployment of their newly acquired DHC-6 Twinotter Aircraft. Although the Twinotters are still relatively small with a total capacity of 19 … [Read more] about Divi Twinotter brings relief on Bonaire-Curaçao route
Santo Domingo- Insel Air apparently is not the only Caribbean airline with serious problems. Dominican newspaper El Día writes in an article today that Dominican Aviation Authorities have suspended the operational permit of the airline which has, in recent … [Read more] about Dominican Aviation authorities move to suspend PAWA license