Airline for Aruba to Curacao

I have not been able to find boat transportation from Aruba to
Curacao. I will have to fly.

Does anybody have any airline recommendations? How is Dutch
Caribbean?

My experience with airlines not regulated by the FAA is that
some are not safe and/or reliable. I had some scary flights in
South America and Asia.

Odysseus <x@x.x> wrote in message news:<s0Iec.26278$rg5.42019@attbi_s52>...
> I have not been able to find boat transportation from Aruba to
> Curacao. I will have to fly.
>
> Does anybody have any airline recommendations? How is Dutch
> Caribbean?
>
> My experience with airlines not regulated by the FAA is that
> some are not safe and/or reliable. I had some scary flights in
> South America and Asia.

DCA is likely your best bet. Others have warned me against their on
time performance and reliability. I flew them only once, from Aruba
to Trunidad and back via Curacao. They are okay in my opinion.

On 15 Apr 2004 18:08:29 -0700, Yaofeng hath writ:
> Odysseus <x@x.x> wrote in message news:<s0Iec.26278$rg5.42019@attbi_s52>...
>> I have not been able to find boat transportation from Aruba to
>> Curacao. I will have to fly.
>>
>> Does anybody have any airline recommendations? How is Dutch
>> Caribbean?
>>
>> My experience with airlines not regulated by the FAA is that
>> some are not safe and/or reliable. I had some scary flights in
>> South America and Asia.
>
> DCA is likely your best bet. Others have warned me against their on
> time performance and reliability. I flew them only once, from Aruba
> to Trunidad and back via Curacao. They are okay in my opinion.

I have just returned from Bonaire. Locals tell me the most wretched
stories about DCA. (DCA is just probably the old ALM "gang" -- still
pretending to be an airline. Old paint; New cans.)

If you have the option of flying either Divi-Divi, or Bonaire-Excel
over DCA -- DO IT! That's the advice my friends there give me.

Jonesy
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Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket@config.com> wrote in message news:<slrnc9j9g1.100k.bit-bucket@localhost.config.com>...
> On 15 Apr 2004 18:08:29 -0700, Yaofeng hath writ:
> > Odysseus <x@x.x> wrote in message news:<s0Iec.26278$rg5.42019@attbi_s52>...
> >> I have not been able to find boat transportation from Aruba to
> >> Curacao. I will have to fly.
> >>
> >> Does anybody have any airline recommendations? How is Dutch
> >> Caribbean?
> >>
> >> My experience with airlines not regulated by the FAA is that
> >> some are not safe and/or reliable. I had some scary flights in
> >> South America and Asia.
> >
> > DCA is likely your best bet. Others have warned me against their on
> > time performance and reliability. I flew them only once, from Aruba
> > to Trunidad and back via Curacao. They are okay in my opinion.
>
> I have just returned from Bonaire. Locals tell me the most wretched
> stories about DCA. (DCA is just probably the old ALM "gang" -- still
> pretending to be an airline. Old paint; New cans.)
>
> If you have the option of flying either Divi-Divi, or Bonaire-Excel
> over DCA -- DO IT! That's the advice my friends there give me.
>
> Jonesy


All you have is hearsays. The only roundtrip flight I had with DCA
may not be sufficient say a lot. There is no negative about them to
not fly DCA again.

We used Bonaire Excel for Aruba to Bonaire and return in
January. I thought they did an excellent job for a relatively
new airline. They fly what appear to be well maintained ATRs
and they were on time for both flights. They also fly
between Aruba and Curacao.

Mike