woensdag 27 januari 2016

A short ride to neighbour island Curaçao

On Wednesday 27 January I decided in the morning that I shall fly to Curaçao to meet one of my best friends living in the Netherlands. He was visiting Curaçao for the first time and since I moved to the Caribbean, unfortunately we do not have the chance to meet often. So just before noon I booked a flight for the afternoon with InselAir. We took off sharp on time at 17:16 and landed at Curaçao on 17:37. At arrival we unfortunately had to cue for immigration for approximately an hour behind the approximately passengers who arrived from Amsterdam just before us with two Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners.

My ride to Curaçao: InselAir Flight 7I 410 ETA 17:15 with Fokker F50 PJ-KVM
While waiting in the bus that would bring us to our aircraft, this Aruba Airlines Airbus A320 P4-AAC arrived from Santo Domingo and Curaçao
View of the terminal from the bus bringing us to our aircraft
View of the terminal from the bus bringing us to our aircraft with Aruba Airlines Airbus A320 P4-AAC @ gate 3
View of the terminal from the bus bringing us to our aircraft with a Laser Airlines McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 (Venezuela) @ gate 2
View of the terminal from the bus bringing us to our aircraft
American Airlines Boeing 737-823(WL) N916AN parked at gate 8 on preparing for its return flight to Miami, FL
Boarding flight 7I 410 InselAir Fokker F50 PJ-KVM to Curaçao
Boarding flight 7I 410 InselAir Fokker F50 PJ-KVM to Curaçao
InselAir McDonnell Douglas MD-83 PJ-MDB @ gate 2 Curaçao Hato Airport, with TUI Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner PH-TFL in the back @ gate 1
TUI Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner PH-TFM @ gate 5 Curaçao Hato Airport as seen from the bus on our way to the terminal. Note the other Dreamliner PH-TFL @ gate 1. It does not happen often that you can find 2 out of the 3 Dutch Dreamliners of TUI at an out station at the same time.

Catch of the day! Antonov AN124 International Cargo Transporter UR-82029 parked at Curaçao Hato Airport