Queen Beatrix International Airport
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Queen Beatrix International Airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, is a fairly large aviation facility that has flight services to the United States, most countries in the Caribbean, the northern coastal countries of South America and some parts of Europe, notably the Netherlands. It was named after Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the head of state of Aruba.
This airport used to serve as the hub for bankrupt airline Air Aruba, which was for many years an international airline. Before Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 it was also one of three hubs for ALM. ALM still keeps an important presence in the airport, but because of Aruba's separation, the fact that ALM flies out of Curaçao, and because ALM is currently facing a troubled financial situation, ALM has reduced their services to Aruba considerably.
The airport offers U.S. Customs and Immigration preclearance, which means U.S.-bound passengers clear Customs in Aruba; flights arriving in the U.S. from Aruba are thus treated as domestic flights.
Airlines
- Aeropostal (Caracas, Santo Domingo)
- Air Canada (Toronto)
- American Airlines (Boston, Miami, New York Kennedy, San Juan)
- American Eagle (San Juan)
- Aires (Colombia (Barranquilla)
- Aserca Airlines (Venezuela) (Caracas)
- ATA Airlines (Boston, Chicago Midway)
- Avianca Colombia (Bogota)
- Avior Airlines (Venezuela) (Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia
- BonairExel (Bonaire, Curacao}
- Continental Airlines (Houston, Newark)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
- KLM (Amsterdam)
- Linea Aerea Aerocaribe (Las Piedras)
- North American Airlines (Boston}
- Santa Barbara Airlines (Venezuela) (Las Piedras, Maracaibo)
- Sol America (Las Piedras)
- Surinam Airways (Port of Spain)
- United Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Washington/Dulles)
- US Airways (Boston, Charlotte, New York La Guardia, Philadelphia}
- USA 3000 Airlines (Pittsburgh)
- Varig (Caracas)
- West Caribbean Airways (Medellin)
Cargo airlines flying there include
External link
- Official Website (http://www.airportaruba.com)