Kralendijk, Bonaire (July 24, 2007) – Tourism Corporation Bonaire is pleased to announce that Tiara Air, a privately owned Aruban airline, commenced non-stop service between Aruba and Bonaire last Friday, July 20. Tiara Air now operates six weekly non-stop round-trip flights between the two islands.
Tiara Air departs Aruba Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 9:45am and arrives in Bonaire at 10:30am, and also departs Friday and Sunday at 7pm for arrival in Bonaire at 7:45pm. The return flights depart Bonaire Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 11am and arrive in Aruba at 11:45am, and also depart Friday and Sunday at 8:15pm for arrival in Aruba at 9pm. Tiara Air uses a Shorts 360 airplane with 33 passenger seats and 215 cubic feet of cargo space. Tickets between Aruba and Bonaire cost $90.56 each way and can be purchased on Tiara Air’s website.
The evening flights departing Aruba accommodate travellers arriving in Aruba from the states en route to Bonaire. Similarly, the morning flights departing Bonaire help ongoing passengers get to their flights to the US, allowing for clearing of all government formalities, including US customs pre-clearance.
Tiara Air is owned and operated by local aviation veterans of the Muyale family who have been involved in the aviation industry in Aruba for more than 30 years: Alejandro Muyale, owner and president, and Camilo Muyale, commercial manager of sales and marketing.
Located 86 miles east of Aruba, the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire offers year-round sunshine, low annual rainfall, pristine coral formations and the most thriving fish population in the Caribbean. Ideal for adventurers, explorers and sun worshippers alike, Bonaire offers myriad eco-adventure activities, including world-renowned scuba diving, snorkelling, windsurfing, kiteboarding, landsailing, mountain biking, sea and mangrove kayaking, horseback riding, nature tours, hiking, birdwatching, sailing and deep-sea and bonefishing. And with a selection of accommodations ranging from full-service oceanfront resorts and condominiums to guest houses and small inns, Bonaire has something for every lifestyle and budget.
The US State Department and the Department of Homeland Security now requires all US citizens and foreign nationals to carry a passport or other accepted secure documents to enter or re-enter the US from vacations or business travel (by air or sea) anywhere in the Caribbean, including Bonaire.
For more information on Bonaire, call the Tourism Corporation Bonaire in the US at (800) BONAIRE.
For your FREE on-line Bonaire travel guide, visit www.caribbean.com.
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