WILLEMSTAD - Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas of Curaçao will write to Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands about canceling half of all KLM flights this winter.
Input for this letter is given by the representative of the hospitality sector CHATA, the business community united in the Curaçao Business Association (VBC), the Chamber of Commerce and Curaçao Airport Partners (CAP).
They will make clear what it means if KLM only operates one flight per day until the end of March, instead of the current two. A quick calculation shows that more than 30,000 seats will be lost. The private sector expects a loss of income of at least 60 million guilders.
The letter should lead to the reversal of KLM's decision, which would be the result of the problems at the Dutch main airport Schiphol. However, the private sector thinks that the cancellation of the second flight is the result of the opening of Japan, which can now be flown again. The 777-300 with 320 seats that still flies to Curaçao will be used on the Japan route, the sector claims.