THE HAGUE - New European regulations for drone traffic do not apply to the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom. That's what researchers at Deloitte report.
The CAS (Curaçao, Aruba, and St. Maarten) countries are responsible for their own regulations, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is responsible for the airspace of the Caribbean Netherlands. In 2010 it was laid down in law that only manned aircraft may be flown. An exemption is not possible.
Commissioned by the Dutch ministry, Deloitte has made an inventory of the options available to amend the law so that drones can be used on the BES (Bonarie, Sint Eustatieus, and Saba) islands, for example for research purposes, surveillance or taking photos and films.