St. Maarten explore possibilities with KLM
Philipsburg.- The Daily Herald reports that according to tourism officials, Director of the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau May-Ling Chun described her recent meeting with KLM Executives in Holland as positive.
Chun headed a delegation to Holland recently, which met with several airlines, including KLM. The delegation informed KLM that its fares to St. Maarten are much higher than to most destinations in the Caribbean, Suriname and even as far as South as Brazil.
It was also pointed out to KLM that there is now a tendency to fly via the United States to St. Maarten, because it's less expensive. KLM addressed the matter by stating that they are well aware of the situation and the reason for the high fares is due to the lack of competition on the St. Maarten route.
KLM officials said they understand that this makes the situation to promote the destination in Europe more difficult, and added that KLM would be interested in looking into joint promotional opportunities to assist in promoting the route. (Source: The Daily Herald)
Chun headed a delegation to Holland recently, which met with several airlines, including KLM. The delegation informed KLM that its fares to St. Maarten are much higher than to most destinations in the Caribbean, Suriname and even as far as South as Brazil.
It was also pointed out to KLM that there is now a tendency to fly via the United States to St. Maarten, because it's less expensive. KLM addressed the matter by stating that they are well aware of the situation and the reason for the high fares is due to the lack of competition on the St. Maarten route.KLM officials said they understand that this makes the situation to promote the destination in Europe more difficult, and added that KLM would be interested in looking into joint promotional opportunities to assist in promoting the route. (Source: The Daily Herald)