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Winair
Winair (short for Windward Islands Airways International NV) is a government-owned Dutch regional airline based in Sint Maarten. Founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux and Hippolyte Ledee, It has a fleet of eight aircraft serving destinations mostly within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the North East Caribbean. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Princess Juliana International Airport. It is also the flag carrier airline of Sint Maarten. Since 1 March 2023, it has been a part of the Flying Blue frequent-flyer programme. History Windward Islands Airways was founded in 1961 by Georges Greaux with additional investments from Hipployte Ledee, Chester Wathey, Louis Richardson, and a handful of others. The airline required STOL, short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft to service certain airports, such as Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on Saba (island), Saba, which has the shortest commercial runway in the world. The 1 December 1963, Windward Islands Airways tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Juliana International Airport
Princess Juliana International Airport is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The airport is located on the Dutch side of the island, in the country of Sint Maarten, close to the shore of Simpson Bay Lagoon. In 2015, the airport handled 1,829,543 passengers and around 60,000 aircraft movements. The airport serves as a hub for Winair and is the major gateway for the smaller Leeward Islands, including Anguilla, Saba, Saint Barthélemy and Sint Eustatius. It is named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, who landed there while she was heir presumptive in 1944, the year after the airport opened. The airport has very low-altitude flyover landing approaches because one end of its runway is extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach. While Princess Juliana International is the primary aviation gateway to the island, there is also a smaller public-use airport on the French side, in the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, called Grand Case-Espérance Airport. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Blue
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),klm.com – Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. retrieved 6 December 2016. is the of the . KLM’s headquarters are located in , with its hub at nearby |
Flamingo International Airport
Flamingo International Airport , also called Bonaire International Airport, is an international airport located near Kralendijk on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. It was once the hub for BonaireExel and CuraçaoExel before they were rebranded as Dutch Antilles Express, and served as a secondary hub for Dutch Antilles Express and Insel Air. The airport is the fourth largest in the Dutch Caribbean, after Queen Beatrix International Airport on Aruba, Princess Juliana International Airport on Sint Maarten and Curaçao International Airport on Curaçao and is now the largest airport in the Caribbean Netherlands, with F. D. Roosevelt Airport in Sint Eustatius being the second largest and Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport in Saba being the smallest. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM, TUI Airlines Netherlands and United Airlines are currently the largest airlines that operate scheduled flights to and from Bonaire. Beginning on November 5, 2024, JetBlue A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Beatrix International Airport
Queen Beatrix International Airport (; ) Is an international airport located in the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. It has flight services to the United States, Canada, several countries in the Caribbean, the northern coastal countries of South America, as well as some parts of Europe, notably the Netherlands. It is named after Beatrix of the Netherlands, who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013. Overview The airport offers United States border preclearance facilities. The airport originally served as main hub for Air Aruba until its bankruptcy in 2000, Before Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 it was also one of three hubs for ALM Antillean Airlines as well as home base for Tiara Air until 2016. A terminal for private aircraft opened in 2007. Since 2013 the airport is home to Aruba Airlines. The airline has three Airbus A320 family aircraft and two Bombardier CRJ200. The main focus of Aruba Airlines is connecting the region throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grantley Adams International Airport
Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) is an international airport at Seawell, Christ Church, Barbados, Christ Church, Barbados, serving as the country's only port of entry by air. The airport is the only designated port of entry for persons arriving and departing by air in Barbados and operates as one of the major gateways to the Eastern Caribbean. It has direct service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Central America and Europe. In 2024, the airport was the List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean, eighth-busiest airport in the Caribbean region and the second-busiest airport in the Lesser Antilles after Queen Beatrix International Airport on Aruba. GAIA also remains an important air-link for cruise ship passengers departing and arriving at the Port of Bridgetown, and a base of operations for the Regional Security System (RSS), and the Regional (Caribbean) Police Training Centre. The airport's former name was ''Seawell Airport'' before being dedicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten () is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. With a population of 58,477 as of June 2023 on an area of , it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Collectivity of Saint Martin, Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's Capital city, capital is Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, Philipsburg. Collectively, Sint Maarten and the other List of islands of the Netherlands, Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the Island Territory of Sint Maarten (), and was one of six (from 1986 five) Island territories of the Netherlands Antilles, island territories () that constituted the Netherlands Antilles. Sint Maarten has the status of an EU overseas country; it is not part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornier Do 28
Dornier Do 28 is a type designation that comprises two different twin-engine STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by German company Dornier GmbH, Dornier Flugzeugbau GmbH. Most of them served with the German Air Force and ''Marineflieger'' and other air forces around the world in the communications and utility role. The Do 28 series consists of the fundamentally different Do 28 A/B (1959) and Do 28 D Skyservant (1966). Design and development Dornier Do 28 A/B The Do 28 was developed from the single-engine Dornier Do 27, Do 27 at the end of the 1950s. The design shared the high-wing Cantilever#Aircraft, cantilever layout and the lift augmentation devices of the Do 27, together with the rear fuselage which seated six passengers. The defining feature of the new design was the unusual incorporation of two Lycoming Engines, Lycoming engines, as well as the two main landing gear shock struts of the Aircraft fairing, faired main landing gear attached to short pylons on either side of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada in the mid-1960s and still in production today. Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking Air purchased the type certificate and restarted production in 2008, before re-adopting the DHC name in 2022. In 2023, DHC started production of the 300-G, an upgraded version of the Series 400 with Garmin avionics. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL capabilities, twin turboprop engines and high rate of climb have made it a successful commuter airliner, typically seating 18–20 passengers, as well as a cargo and medical evacuation aircraft. In addition, the Twin Otter has been popular with commercial skydiving operations, and is used by the United States Army Parachute Team and the 98th Flying Training Squadron of the United States Air Force. Design and development Development of the aircraft began in 1964, with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao International Airport
Curaçao International Airport (, ), also known as Hato International Airport (formerly Dr. Albert Plesman International Airport), is the only airport for the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, in the southern Caribbean Sea. The airport is located on the north coast of Curaçao, from the capital Willemstad. The airport connects Curaçao island to Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. It has the third longest commercial runway in the Caribbean region, accommodating up to a Boeing 747 and serves as a main base for Divi Divi Air and EZAir. It formerly served as a main base for ALM, KLM, DCA, DAE, Insel Air, and JetAir Caribbean. History Foundation and early years The airport was initially called Hato Airport, namesake of the nearby town of Hato. On 5 January 1954, the airport was renamed Dr. Albert Plesman airport. Plesman, director of the Royal Dutch Airlines for the Netherlands and Colonies, had died a few days earlier. Often it was spoken of Aeropuerto Plesman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemstad
Willemstad ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to that entity's Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, dissolution in 2010. The city counts to have around 90% of Curaçao’s population, with 136,660 inhabitants as of 2011. The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters: the Punda and Otrobanda, which are separated by the Sint Anna Bay, an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat, as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal quarters, which are across from each other on the smaller Waaigat harbour. Willemstad is home to the Curaçao synagogue, the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas. The city centre, with its unique architecture and harbour entry, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao
Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the southern Caribbean Sea (specifically the Dutch Caribbean region), about north of Venezuela. Curaçao includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). Curaçao has a population of 158,665 (January 2019 estimate), with an area of ; its capital is Willemstad. Together with Aruba and Bonaire, Curaçao forms the ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba, and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. It is the largest of the ABC islands in terms of area, as well as in terms of population, and is the largest in the Dutch Caribbean. The island's name "Curaçao" may originate from the indigenous autonym of its people; this idea is supported by early Spanish accounts referring to the inhabitants as Indios Curaçaos. Curaç ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrance B
Terrance is a given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Terrance Brennan, American chef and restaurateur * Terrance Carroll (born 1969), American lawyer, minister, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives * Terrance Cauthen (born 1976), American boxer * Terrance Christopher, OMM, LVO, CD, retired Canadian Naval Officer, former Usher of the Black Rod for the Senate of Canada * Terrance Copper (born 1982), American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs * Terrance John Cox, also known as TJ Cox (born 1963), American engineer and politician * Terrance Dean Black American Writer *Terrance Dicks (1935–2019), English writer, best known for his work in TV and children's books * Terrance Dotsy (born 1981), American football player * Terrance T. Etnyre, United States Vice Admiral * Terrance W. Gainer (born 1947), the 38th and current Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate * Terrance Hayes (born 1971), prize-winning poet, born in Columbia, South Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
