By Anika in Business opportunities, Members on 26. Mar, 2014No Comments

Last week, the General Aviation (GA) department of Reina Beatrix Airport opened its US pre-clearance. This gives passengers traveling to the United States the opportunity to go through US Customs in Aruba. Aruba is the first country in the Caribbean that offers US pre-clearance for private flights. Aruba expects that the arrival and departure of […]
By admin in Members on 29. Jan, 2014No Comments

This week, Southwest Airlines announced new connections to Aruba. Starting July 1st, 2014 Southwest will fly to its new destinations in the Caribbean including Aruba, The Bahamas and Jamaica. Southwest will depart from its terminals in Atlanta, Baltimore and Orlando. Southwest Airlines currently offers flights to the Caribbean through AirTran, which it took over […]
By admin in Members on 21. Jan, 2014No Comments

Curoil (Aruba) Freezone NV realized its first bunkering at the Oranjestad harbor in Aruba. The cruise ship Monarch took the honor in receiving Curoil’s first bunkering service. In 3.5 hours the cruise ship received the requested amount of fuel. Curoil (Aruba) Freezone NV uses the vessel Zeta-1 to deliver ship-to-ship bunkering. Curoil (Aruba) Freezone NV […]
By admin in Members on 20. Dec, 2013No Comments

The groundbreaking for Aruba’s first waste to energy project took place Wednesday December 18, 2013. This project is a joint venture between Ecological Technologies & Trading Free Zone, WEB Aruba and Free Zone Aruba and delivers one more step in the direction of Aruba’s 2020 vision to become a fully fossil free economy. During the […]