Avior Airlines Opens Flights from Two Venezuelan Cities to Curacao

Venezuelan carrier Avior Airlines on Friday started operating flights twice a week between Valencia and Curacao and on the same day between Maracaibo and Curacao. Avior has been flying to Curacao since 2006 with flights from Caracas, Venezuela. This will be an expansion of its current schedule to Curacao.

During the official ceremonies, Stanley Palm, Curacao’s minister of economic development, expressed his satisfaction with the new service. He indicated how important Venezuela is for the economy of the island.

Vice president of commercialization of Avior Airlines, Gibson Preziuso Urbaneja, and CEO of Curacao Airport Partners (CAP), Ralph Blanchard, also spoke during the ceremony.

The flights will operate every Monday and Friday using a Boeing 737-200, which has a capacity of 108 seats. This means a capacity of 432 seats per week. Currently, Curacao receives about 100,000 visitors from Venezuela annually. This market has experienced a 47 percent increase in the first quarter of 2015.

Source: Caribbean News Now