Airline Information
There are a number of International Carriers serving our island, making it relatively easy to get here. There is one-stop service (via Houston, Newark, Atlanta, San Juan, Aruba, or Curaçao) from numerous points in the United States and non-stop service from Europe (Amsterdam) as well as from Ecuador.
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The American
Eagle flight prepares to take off from Flamingo Airport Photo by Susan M. Davis |
From North America
American Eagle currently
operates three nonstop flights each week from San Juan, Puerto Rico
to and from Bonaire, with originating gateways from
major U.S. cities. These flights depart San Juan to Bonaire each Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.
Return non-stop flights are on each Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.
Delta Airlines offers their weekly non-stop flights from Atlanta to Bonaire and return. Flight #371 departs Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 10:00 AM, and arrives at Bonaire’s Flamingo Airport at 3:20 PM. The return flight #370 departs Bonaire at 4:15 PM and arrives in Atlanta at 7:45 PM.
Additionally, beginning December 20, 2008, Delta will add a second weekly non-stop flight from New York's JFK to Bonaire each Saturday. The originating flight from JFK to Bonaire will depart New York at 10:30 AM and arrive Bonaire at 4:25 PM. The return flight will depart Bonaire at 5:15 PM and arrive JFK at 9:05 PM. Delta will use a Boeing 737-800 jet with seat capacity for 160 passengers.
Continental Airlines offers two to three non-stop weekly flights. The first is a round-trip flight between Newark and Bonaire, utilizing a Boeing 737 with 124 seats, the weekly flight departs Newark on Saturdays at 11:55 PM, and arrives Bonaire on the following Sunday morning at 5:40 AM.
Continental Airlines also flies weekly non-stop flight from its Houston hub. Flight #1898 departs Houston on Fridays at 11:30 p.m., arriving in Bonaire on Saturdays at 6:15 a.m. The return flight, #1899, departs Bonaire on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m., arriving in Houston at 10:50 a.m. During the eight busiest months of the year, Continental also operates a second rotation from Houston each Saturday evening, arriving on Bonaire on Sunday morning. For more information about when the second rotation operates, visit the Continental web site.
American Airlines and Insel Air fly non-stop to Curaçao from Miami. Passengers then may use Dutch Antilles Express to connect to Bonaire. Flying time between Curaçao and Bonaire is approximately 15-30 minutes. Or, Divi Divi, which flies between Bonaire and Curaçao numerous times on a daily basis, can be reached at: +599-9-839-1515 or fax +599-9-868 1949. Currently, Insel Air flies between Curaçao and Bonaire on a daily basis. Their offices can be reached in Curaçao at phone: +599-9-733-1521 or +599-9-733-1522, or at the airport at +599-9-868-4400 or 868-6600. And finally, Easy Air offers five roundtrip flights per day between Curaçao and Bonaire. They can be reached via email at flyeasyair@gmail.com, or by phone locally at 796-3939 or cellular 515-3939, fax is 869-3998.
Another routing option is to fly on any of a number of major U.S. and South American carriers to Aruba and then take Dutch Antilles Express or Tiara Air from there to Bonaire.
Contact Dutch Antilles Express at their new call center, which can be reached at +599-717-0808, and which is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Payment can be made with debit or credit card, with an e-ticket sent by email or fax. Reservations on DAE can also be made by emailing reservations@flydae.com or faxing +599-717-0880. They fly several times daily to Bonaire from both Curaçao and Aruba. Tiara Air flies non-stop flights six times each week from Aruba to Bonaire and back.
From Europe
KLM flies direct
from Amsterdam to Bonaire several times each week; most of these
flights then continue on to Quito, Ecuador.
Arkefly provides twice-weekly service from Amsterdam via Curacao to Bonaire during the high season. They utilize aircraft that can accommodate 200-plus passengers.
From South America
From Ecuador, the same KLM flight
returns to Bonaire with non-stop flights.
From Venezuela, Transaven flies from Caracas or Valencia to Bonaire. Their reservation office can be reached by calling +(599) 717-8446 or +(599) 717-9944, or via FAX at +(599) 786-1086. They can accept reservations via email at bonaire@transaven.com. Charters can be also arranged.
Also, Rainbow Air flies two non-stop roundtrip flights each week from Valencia, Venezuela, to Bonaire. Reservations can be made via Rainbow Air's agent, Progressive Air, by calling +(599) 717-6825.
From Brazil, Varig and Avianca fly from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to Aruba, which connect with Dutch Antilles Express. Avianca also flies from Bogota to Curacao, from which connections to Bonaire can be made.
From Colombia, Avianca has flights from Bogota to Aruba, which connect with Dutch Antilles Express. Also, DAE provides service via Curacao, and Insel Air has recently announced they will soon begin service to Bogota.
Air Fares & Tour Operators
Many tour operators are able to offer discounted air fares to accompany
land packages. You can find a tour operator covering your area
or country on our Tour Operator
page. Or if you are looking for a special price or traveling
soon, you can catch our travel specials on:
North American Vacation Specials
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American
Airlines
Phone: 717-7400
KLM
Phone: 717-5352, 717-5350, or
(800) 374-7747
Netherlands: 31-20-4747-747
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