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LOCAL A13
Thursday 5 November 2015

TUIfly Expands Flight Program to the Dutch Antilles

ORANJESTAD/SIMPSON he is very pleased with the and Dutch sides) is like far the largest long haul 80 local employees.
BAY- On Friday, October addition of Sint Maarten as adding an extra color to an holiday destination for TUI TUI is considering open-
30th, the TUIfly Dreamliner a holiday destination to the already beautiful painting. Netherlands. Aruba, Bo-
landed on Sint Maarten for Dutch Antilles: “Each island We are very proud of the naire and Curacao wel- ing a sales office on Sint
the very first time. TUI Neth- has its own charm, style fact that TUI Netherlands come about 280,000 Dutch Maarten, where ticket only
erlands is very proud and and type of client which can make the Dutch An- guests every year which sales will be promoted. Sint
excited for this achieve- will definitely create repeat tilles accessible to a large consist of people going Maarten welcomes 17,000
ment as this defines the of- customers, yet allowing the group of vacationers by on vacation, visiting fam- Dutch vacationers annu-
ficial increase in their num- curious traveler to visit one offering them affordable ily or doing business on the ally. TUI expects that with
ber of flights to the Dutch of the other islands, or a holidays to the various des- islands. About half of them the 2 extra TUIfly Dreamliner
Antilles. combination of islands dur- tinations”. book their holiday pack- filghts, they can add almost
Sint Maarten is a welcome ing their next holiday. With 9 flights weekly by the ages with TUI, who is also an 15,000 Dutch tourists to this
addition to TUI’s existing The addition of Sint Maarten end of this year, the Dutch important employer on the number, resulting in dou-
portfolio, as the demand in with its dual charm (French Antilles are as a group by islands, with a total of up to ble the present number of
the Netherlands is high for travelers.q
vacationing on the beauti-
ful islands of the Dutch An-
tilles.
TUIfly ‘s new flight schedule
as of November 2015 con-
sists of 9 flights per week to
the Dutch Antilles, of which
4 flights per week to Aruba,
3 flights per week to Bo-
naire and 2 flights per week
to Sint Maarten.
All flights are triangle flights,
and are combined with a
stop in Curacao, with the
exception of one direct
flight to Curacao every
Saturday.
With this new schedule, the
flight capacity to Bonaire
will also increase substan-
tially by approximately
40%.
The fact that the entire
flight operation to the
Dutch Antilles is executed
by Boeing 787 Dreamliners
(TUIfly has 3 in the mean-
time), is an extra advan-
tage for any vacationer
and is so appealing that it
also attracts new clients.
A comfortable flight leads
to well-rested passengers
who can start enjoying
their holiday from the mo-
ment they arrive.

“Our surveys indicate that
overall client satisfaction
about the enjoyed holiday
actually increases if pas-
sengers fly with a Dream-
liner” says Arjan Kers, Gen-
eral Manager of TUI Neth-
erlands. Just before his
departure to Sint Maarten
for the inaugural flight last
Friday, he underlined that