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Aruba Airport

The future is bright

The World Routes event is the high- mercial Officer and Mrs. Jo-Anne
light of the year that provides a Arends, Air Service Development
unique platform for route devel- Manager.
opment professionals from both
airports and airlines to discuss, de- The conference also provided the
velop and plan route strategy. opportunity to personally meet
with several of the suppliers of Aru-
This platform presents unlimited ba Airport which support and form
business and networking oppor- part of the various Air Service De-
tunities by bringing together the velopment activities at the airport.
world’s leading airlines, airports, The opportunities for building the
and tourism authorities, providing current networks and presenting will continue to grow. Aruba Airport portunities for AUA airlift out of Latin
as such an efficient cost and time Aruba Airport to possible new busi- had a total of 22 meetings spread America, Canada, Europe and the
saving platform for organizations ness partners were numerous. The over three concentrated business US for the year 2023 and beyond.
wishing to develop and expand aviation sector is growing fast and days of which 10 include new op-
their route networks. Aruba Airport The AAA team met with existing air-
was present to present the airport line partners such as British Airways,
to more than 100 airlines and orga- KLM, American Airlines, JetBlue,
nizations. Delta Air lines, United, Avianca and
Copa. Airlines are predominantly
Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) interested in launching or ramping
attended the 27th World Routes up leisure routes, creating new ex-
Development Forum Conference citing opportunities for Aruba e.g.
in Las Vegas, Nevada recently Equair, Breeze, Azul and Flair Air-
where AAA was represented by lines.
Mrs. Barbara Brown, Chief Com-
“A more nimble and collaborative
approach towards working with
the airlines has born its fruits,” states
AUA Air Service Development
Manager Jo-Anne Meaux-Arends,
noting the techniques to capture
these opportunities entail exploring
underlying competitive challenges
that small airports face in retaining
or enhancing commercial air ser-
vice. “New data collection tech-
niques in conjunction with histori-
cal global demand and industry
capacity data is used to predict
demand in a manner that works ef-
fectively even when prior year re-
sults become less representative.”

“Aruba Airport’s future looks bright
and sunny,” states AUA Chief Com-
mercial Officer Barbara Brown.
“We will continue to strive for the
creation of pleasant and authen-
tic airport experiences for our air-
lines, our travelers, and our airport
community in general, whilst doing
this in an as sustainable manner as
possible.”q