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Founded | 1993 (INC) 2013 (NLU) |
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Commenced operations | 2006 (INC) 2014 (NLU) |
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Frequent-flyer program | Insel Star Miles | ||||||
Airport lounge | Plesman Lounge | ||||||
Alliance | Pan Caribbean Alliance | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Insel Air Aruba | ||||||
Fleet size | 16 | ||||||
Destinations | 22 | ||||||
Company slogan | Reaching Higher | ||||||
Headquarters | Maduro Plaza, Dokweg 19, Willemstad, Curaçao | ||||||
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Revenue | US$ 245 million (2015) | ||||||
Employees | 750 (2016) | ||||||
Website | Fly-InselAir |
Insel Air (formally Insel Air International B.V.) is a Dutch Caribbean carrier that serves as the national airline of Curaçao. It is headquartered in Maduro Plaza, Willemstad.
Insel Air currently serves 22 destinations throughout the Caribbean, South America and North America. Its fleet consists of McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and MD-83, Fokker 70 and Fokker 50 aircraft. The airline's main hubs are Hato International Airport (Insel Air Curaçao) and Queen Beatrix International Airport (Insel Air Aruba) with a secondary hub at Princess Juliana International Airport. 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 is the largest Caribbean-based airline and expects to carry 1.4 million passengers in 2016.
Insel Air started operations on August 28, 2006 with one Embraer 110-P1 Bandeirante flying out of Curaçao to the neighboring island of Aruba. Soon afterwards, Insel Air began flights to the neighbouring island of Bonaire and also to Las Piedras in Venezuela.
Starting in January 2007, the airline began serving the Eastern and Northern Caribbean via Sint Maarten with a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and with an additional McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in June 2008. Insel Air also added services to Miami via Curaçao and Bonaire at this time.