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Wednesday 10 July 2019

Together with Aruba Airport:

Southwest Airlines’ love for Aruba is still their field!

ORANJESTAD – Aruba Airport Au- “In 2018 our valued airline partner behalf of AAA, I am honored to Southwest’s successful low-cost
thority N.V. (AAA) was delighted provided 84.849 passengers the congratulate the Southwest Air- model is made possible by being
to host the Southwest Airlines’ staff opportunity to travel to and from lines team on the occasion of its a very productive, reliable and ef-
with e breakfast celebration in Aruba. Year to date (May 2019) 5th anniversary providing service ficient airline. All combined, makes
honor of Southwest Airlines’ 5th an- our reliable airline-partner trans- to Aruba. their point-to-point route system,
niversary providing roundtrip ser- ported nearly 35.000 passengers frequent flights, careful airport se-
vice to Aruba. with a rising trend. We look forward to working closer lection, single aircraft type, high
together in the years to come to asset utilization, fuel conservation
It was on July 1st, 2014 that South- 5 Years have already flown by achieve common objectives. We and hedging programs with high
west Airlines launched their first in- making the relationship stronger are grateful to the Southwest team employee productivity produce a
augural flight from Baltimore (BWI) between the airline and Aruba Air- and encourage them to continue very safe, efficient and cost-effec-
to Aruba. With this acquisition port. We look forward to reinforce providing great service to our pas- tive operation that serves as the
Aruba Airport opened up the pos- and further develop the partner- sengers. Pabien!” said AAA Air Ser- foundation of the business model
sibilities for connections from other ship that will ultimately benefit our vice Development Manager Mrs. and key driver of the airline’s 45
destinations and markets in the US. passengers and destination. On Jo-Anne Meaux-Arends. years of consecutive profitability.q
Southwest Airlines marked history
on March 7, 2015 as they launched
the first international flight out of
Houston-Hobby Airport (HOU) to
Aruba. Current service to HOU is
once a week on Saturdays. As part
of Southwest's network plans, BWI-
AUA and MCO-AUA services were
increased to daily flights.

Southwest currently operates daily
non-stop flights from Baltimore/
Washington International Thur-
good Marshall Airport and Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood Interna-
tional Airport and seasonal service
from Houston William P. Hobby Air-
port to Queen Beatrix International
Airport (AUA).
During the last 5 years, Southwest
Airlines was not only able to estab-
lish successful point-to-point-traffic,
but also made it possible for many
international guests to use this pop-
ular route to travel to Aruba.