By gregg brewer on Monday, September 16, 2002 - 4:56 pm: |
I guess I have 3 more days to hope that RAA figures itself out.
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By Lydia S. Segal on Monday, September 16, 2002 - 9:07 pm: |
Gregg,
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By Kay Powers on Monday, September 16, 2002 - 9:37 pm: |
Greg,
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By gregg brewer on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 6:40 am: |
Lydia,
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By Marion Korschilgen on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 7:44 am: |
As far as I remember it is now the problem that Curaçao still hasn't signed the papers for the landing rights. It is not the first time that competing airlines with DCA/ALM have a hard time to get a foot or better a wheel on the ground.
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By gregg brewer on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 8:16 am: |
Marion...it is anybody's guess...the info below from RAA was posted on this site back in July. They later said that the reason for the delay was that their pilots' lisences had expired. Hopefully, they have been retrained by now. My guess is that the problem is local politics (as you suggested).
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By Brian on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 1:34 pm: |
Gregg
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By Brian on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 1:52 pm: |
Gregg
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By gregg brewer on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 7:22 pm: |
Brian,
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By DIVER DEBBI on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 - 10:41 pm: |
anxiously awaiting to hear how you got to Bonaire..have some ff I could turn in but only to Aruba..still hard to get to Bonaire from there.. think this airline will "get off the ground " ?
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By gregg brewer on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 6:55 am: |
Debbie,
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By DIVER DEBBI on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 11:49 pm: |
thanks Gregg for your advice...hope it works out for you...looks close enough to put your fins on and swim over to Bonaire..yeah thought I had come up with some brillant idea to use the ff's but now me thinks it might be better to pay out the $$$.. sit in San Juan for 6 hours and take AA...hmmm..poor Bonaire..this is why people have a hard time to get here....
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By gregg brewer on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 5:39 am: |
Debbie,
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By Ida Christie on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 9:57 am: |
Next trip I will check out KLM. Can't be any worst than Air Jamaica. Total of over six hours lost, due to AJ.
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By C Poteet on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:15 am: |
Ida -
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By gregg brewer on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:36 am: |
I assume Ida meant ALM which is now DCA as I mentioned above. They are quoting rates now from MIA to BON Saturday/Saturday at ~$290. However, they will not book a thru fare from your city of origin to MIA to BON
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By Deborah Fulton on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:51 am: |
We have flown ALM/DCA the past two years from Miami direct to Bonaire with only a two hour delay on departure from Miami each time. It's a little annoying but we now expect it and the rest of the flight is uneventful. We fly a domestic airline from Tampa to Miami and will continue to use this option as long as it is available.
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By Marc @ CrystalVisions on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 10:53 am: |
Ida, KLM is arguably one of the best airlines in the world, but even they encounter problems sometime... When we were leaving (with DCA) for Curacao, the MD-11 that comes out of Quito en route to Amsterdam had a delay of 4 hours at Flamingo due to engine problems. What I mean is, it can happen anytime, but with some airlines, of course, it's more likely to happen ;-)
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By C Poteet on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 6:29 pm: |
Greg -
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By Ann Phelan on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 8:07 am: |
HELP..I have windsurfers needing to get from Aruba to Bonaire in Dec. with GEAR too! What are the options now??
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By Snorkelguy {Scott} on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 10:36 am: |
The #1 option for windsurfers getting from Aruba to Bonaire is Hook In and Hang On! HIHO except the wind is probably going the wrong way…
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By Linda Richter - NetTech on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 11:34 am: |
I think the AA plane is bigger into Curacao. Maybe the ferry is an option especially for the gear.
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By michael gaynor on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 12:43 pm: |
Hey if they can bring dozens of Motorcycles to Bonaire from Aruba using Rocargo, a few boards should not be a problem. Suggest Elvis or Byron talk to Robbie or Maricella...
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 4:40 pm: |
Gear will either need to go by boat (Rocargo was a good suggestion to help arrange this) or large plane. For large plane, the only option would appear to be KLM from Aruba to Amsterdam, and then KLM from Amsterdam to Bonaire - all other plane traffic between Aruba and Bonaire is small planes and won't be able to handle boards or masts/sails (or whatever you call those things on windsurfers).
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