There is an airport on each island of Netherlands Antilles. One of the major airports in Netherlands Antilles is Flamingo International (BON):All flights arrive at Flamingo International Airport, only a five-minute drive from Kralendijk. The Airlines Serving this major airports in Netherlands Antilles are Air Jamaica, American Eagle, Bonair Express, Divi Divi Air, KLM, Transaven. Hato International (CUR):Aeropuerto Hato is one of the modern international airports in Netherlands Antilles, and the island is served by a number of airlines-connections can be made to any part of the world.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (EUX):Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the main airports in Netherlands Antilles for different types of flights to St. Eustatius. Juancho Yrausquin (SAB):Juancho Yrausquin´s runway is one of the shortest commercial airport runways in the world.
Princess Juliana International (SXM): Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) is the airport of St. Maarten. It is located 15 kilometers northwest of Philipsburg. It is operated by Princess Juliana International Operating Company NV (PJIAE), a limited liability company. PJIAE started as a small military base that was built in 1942, and was converted into a civilian airport in 1943, the first in this part of the Caribbean. It has played an important role in the socio-economic transition of St. Maarten, from an agriculturally based economy into one of the major tourist destinations in the Caribbean
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Today PJIA is the second busiest airports in Netherlands Antilles, in terms of aircraft movements, behind San Juan, Puerto Rico. PJIA is the single most important strategic asset of St. Maarten.
Some of the airlines that fly to Netherlands Antilles are Air Canada, Air France, Aires, American Airlines, ArkeFly Avianca, Avior Airlines, Caribbean Star Airlines, Continental Airlines, Corsairfly, Delta, Jet Blue, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines LIAT, Martinair,Spirit Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, United and US Airways.
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The five islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius or "Statia" and St. Maarten comprise the Netherlands Antilles, an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Tourism and the financial services sector have been the mainstays of the Netherlands Antilles economy since the 1970s. Diving, swimming and snorkeling are the most popular activities with good hiking opportunities to experience the beautiful scenery at Netherlands Antilles.
The Arawaks are recognized as the first human civilization to inhabit the Netherlands Antilles. A Spanish expedition led by Alonso de Ojeda claimed the island of Curaçao for Spain in 1499 and it remained under Spanish rule until the Dutch took control in 1634. Curaçao was a strategically important point for Dutch military advances against the Spanish and as the center of the Caribbean slave trade. Curaçao became the seat of the Netherlands Antilles Government in 1954.
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