Ava Airways announces plans for operations from the Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO - Olivier Arrindell, CEO of AVA Airways, held a meeting with Alejandro Herrera, Director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), and explained the plans his company has to operate from More...
Expect stronger and more frequent in-flight turbulence because of climate change
READING – At least 27 passengers were injured when an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok hit severe turbulence earlier this month. But according to scientists, this may soon not rank as an isolated incident, More...
Winair to service Curaçao and Haiti
PHILLIPSBURG, WILLEMSTAD - Winair is in the process of beginning operations to Curaçao and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, weekly via St. Maarten in June. The airline has been negotiating for some time to use a wet-leased More...
InselAir employees are still waiting for their salary
WILLEMSTAD - Employees of the local aviation company InselAir are still waiting in vain for their salary. Interim Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas refuses to transfer the next part of the bridging credit. This would More...
Winair seeks jet equipment for regional ops
PHILLIPSBURG - Winair (WM, St. Maarten) is planning to begin jet operations in the coming weeks as part of plans to start 2x weekly flights routed Curaçao-St. Maarten-Port au Prince and return. The St. Maarten-based More...
Saba airport wins global travel poll
SABA – Saba’s Juancho E. Yrausquin has topped a global travel poll of the world’s most scenic airport landings, conducted by the private jet booking service PrivateFly. The results were announced on Tuesday. More...
SXM Airways still awaiting permit
PHILLIPSBURG - SXM Airways, a new charter company that aims to offer charter services to destinations in the region, is not happy with Government and the Civil Aviation Department, as it is still waiting to hear More...
Caribbean Journal: JetBlue adding more Sint Maarten flights
NEW YORK - According to Caribbean Journal, the New York City-based air carrier JetBlue Airways is expanding its service to the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten. The carrier will be adding a second daily roundtrip More...
Spirit Airlines to drop Cuban operations
MIAMI - South Florida-based Spirit Airlines announced that they would be pulling service to Cuba, joining fellow ultra-low cost carrier Frontier Airlines and regional carrier Silver Airways in leaving the island More...
InselAir yearns for strategic partner
WILLEMSTAD –During his presentation on InselAir in Parliament yesterday, the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles and the Chairman of the Committee of Wise Men, Etienne Ys said that after the government More...
