Insel Air

Infobox Airline
airline = Insel Air
logo =
logo_size = 150
fleet_size = 4
Seats = 348
destinations = 13
IATA = 7I
ICAO = INC
callsign = INSELAIR
parent = Insel Air International B.V.
company_slogan = Reaching higher
founded = 1993, operational since 2006
headquarters = Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
key_people =
hubs = Hato International Airport
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer = Fun Miles
lounge =
alliance = Pan Caribbean Alliance
website = http://www.fly-inselair.com/

Insel Air International B.V. (Insel Air) is an airline based in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. It has Hato International Airport in Curaçao as its home base. "Insel" is German for island. Insel Air was incorporated as a private limited liability company (Dutch: "Besloten Vennootschap") on September 8, 1993 and is registered with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Curaçao under number 64577. Insel Air's logo (see picture) includes a large and a small yellow star representing Curaçao and 'Small Curaçao', a small island near and belonging to Curaçao.

History

Insel Air is a private initiative of various businesses and financial institutions who recognized the need and importance for a Curaçao based and owned airline to provide reliable quality sevice to regional destinations for a reasonable price. The airline started operations in August 2006 with one Embraer 110-P1 Bandeirante flying from Curaçao. The first flight was to the neighboring island of Aruba. Soon after the daily scheduled flights to Aruba, Insel Air started with flights to the other neighboring island of Bonaire. Since January 2007, Insel Air services the eastern and northern Caribbean islands through Sint Maarten with a MD-83 and since June 2008 also with a MD-82.

Insel Air uses Travel Technology Interactive's airline management system, Aeropack.

Destinations

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Insel Air serves daily flights form Curaçao to Aruba and several flights per week to Bonaire and Las Piedras. An inaugural flight to St. Maarten with Insel's MD-83 was made on December 27, 2006. The first commercial flight with the MD-83 to St. Maarten was made on January 5, 2007, followed by first flights during January to Suriname, Trinidad, Valencia and Haiti.

Customer Loyalty Program

Insel Air is a participant of the Fun Miles customer loyaly program maintained by Fun Miles Antilles N.V. in the islands of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and St. Maarten. Insel Air passengers receive Fun Miles which are redeemable for Insel Air tickets for goods and services from other participating Fun Miles merchants. For award programs see [http://www.fly-inselair.com/loyaltynew award program] For more information on Fun Miles, see [http://www.funmiles.an Fun Miles]

Fleet

The Insel Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2008):

External links

* [http://www.fly-inselair.com/ Insel Air]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=ISE&al_op=1 Insel Air Fleet]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Insel%20Air&distinct_entry=true Insel Air Pictures]