October 21 to October 28, 2005 Volume 12, Issue 39 Kaya Gob. Debrot 200 • E-mail:
[email protected] • 717-8988 SINCE 1994 A fast start for the yachts- Regatta 2005 Els Kroon/Photo Tonky Frans /Photo Baby Kids Class Lac being followed by their instructors way ticket from Barbados to Antigua used to cost from $205 to $78. The new fares, as of this week, will range from $130 (highest fare) and $30 (lowest de- pending on early booking). LIAT re- ranklin An- ceives government subsidies as did F toin reports: ALM. Last week Divi Divi Air, which has been A labor union leader in Curaçao Fokker-60 flying for about four informed the Curaçao press that KLM years between Cura- will soon abandon its Bonaire operation çao and Bonaire, in favor of Curaçao because of the inef- added another air- ficiencies and high cost of operation in craft to their fleet. Bonaire. The statement is unfounded naissance flights at least until 2007. Af- They now fly four and is simply inaccurate, said a ter that civilian air reconnaissance will planes of which spokesman for air services in Bonaire. be employed by the Coast Guard. three are 10-seater Bonaire has, and continues to set, KLM Britten-Norman Is- records for low cost, fast and efficient landers, while the operation in its worldwide system. other is an eight- KLM switched major South American seat Cessna 402. connecting flights a few years ago from There are plans for Curaçao and Aruba to Bonaire and has 2006 which will be been operating at near capacity with the announced in the fastest turnaround time in the fleet.