Insel Air

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Insel Air International B.V. (Insel Air) (IATA: 7I, ICAO: ', and Callsign: ') is an airline based in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. It has Hato International Airport in Curacao as its home base. Insel is German for island. Insel Air was incorporated as a private limited liability company (Dutch: besloten vennootschap) on September 8, 1993 and is registered with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Curaçao under number 64577. Insel Air's logo (see picture) includes a large and a small yellow star representing Curacao and 'Small Curacao', a small island near and belonging to Curacao.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Customer Loyalty Program
4 Fleet
5 External Links

[edit] History

Insel Air is a private initiative of various businesses and financial institutions who recognized the need and importance for a Curacao based and owned airline to provide reliable quality sevice to regional destinations for a reasonable price. The airline started operations in 2006 with one EMBRAER 110-P1 "Bandeirante" flying from Curacao. The first flight was to the neighboring island of Aruba. Soon after the daily scheduled flights to Aruba, Insel Air started with flights to the other neighboring island of Bonaire. On December 9, 2006, Insel Air announced the successful legal and financial closure of the Regional Airlift for the Island of Curacao. This regional airlift will be served with a MD-83.

[edit] Destinations

Curaçao - Aruba - Bonaire - St. Maarten - Las Piedras - Suriname - Trinidad - Valencia - Haiti Santo Domingo Insel Air serves daily flights form Curaçao to Aruba and several flights per week to Bonaire and Las Piedras. An inaugural flight to St. Maarten with Insel's MD-83 was made on December 27, 2006. On January 5th, 2007 the first commercial flight with the MD-83 to St. Maarten will take place, followed by first flights during January to Suriname, Trinidad, Valencia and Haiti.

[edit] Customer Loyalty Program

Insel Air is a participant of the Fun Miles customer loyaly program maintained by Fun Miles Antilles N.V. in the islands of Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire and St. Maarten. Insel Air passengers receive Fun Miles which are redeemable for Insel Air tickets for goods and services from other participating Fun Miles merchants. For award programs see award program For more information on Fun Miles, see Fun Miles