Hi,

With the demise of the Air Jamaica to Bonaire leg, my choices for getting to Bonaire are much more limited. Used to fly Air Jamaica from Baltimore to Flamingo, but Delta took over that route. Unfortunately, the Delta flights are pretty pricey (about 50% more than I used to pay AJ). About the best bet going seems to be Air Jamaica to Curacao and Divi-divi to Bonaire.

Anyone have any thoughts/experience with this option? How reliable is Divi-divi? I have enough experience with Air Jamaica to have opinions on their reliability, but I wouldn't mind hearing what others think. And if you were doing this route, how much layover time would you allot to make your connections in Curacao?

Wish I were in Bonaire right now...

Divi-Divi is VERY reliable and very professional. You won't have the compfort of jet or turboprop, but you also don't have the price. They leave on schedule, arrive on schedule and if you want to ride in the co-pilot seat just ask.

Mark
also look at American, they connect to Curacao out of Miami twice a day, used them frequently and haven't had a problem getting into Curacao, and what can I say about Divi Divi, except wonderful.

Now this was a first for me, I got chewed out by the Divi Divi pilot on the way out of Bonaire because I didn't tell him I was a diver and he thought he flew to high!--now that is service--lol

Mark - another idea is to drive to Newark (I assume you are near Baltimore by your post) and take the Continental non-stop to/from Bonaire. It might be your shortest travel time, even if you include the 3+ hr drive. If you left at 6:30pm, you would have more than enough time to park, get dinner at the airport and take the midnight flight and be in Bonaire around 6pm. Under 12 hours door-to-door with no connections to sweat out.

forgot to add that Continental fares are some of the most reasonable out there.

AJ $crewed us royally in 2005 and we haven't considered them since.