Surinam Airways Flights to Aruba to Be Banned if Government Fails to Comply with Ultimatum

According to a report from Noticiacla.com in Aruba, the government of Suriname has five days to respond to the situation of Insel Air Aruba. If they fail to comply, then Aruba will stop all the flights from Surinam Airways to the island for a period of six months.

Noticiacla spoke with the Aruban minister of transport, Otmar Oduber and he confirmed that, a week after he had sent a letter to his counterpart in Suriname, Falisi Pinas, he has not received a reaction regarding Insel Air Aruba’s difficulty in operating flights between Aruba and Suriname.

According to the minister, seeing that it will be two months since the local company, which has a local permit and has requested permission to operate between Aruba and Suriname based on an open skies policy, he decided to ask his counterpart in Suriname about this issue. The minister expects to receive a reaction.

The minister indicated that this Friday he will send a letter to his counterpart in Suriname with an ultimatum to respond to his previous letter.

“Suriname does not respect the agreement between the two countries and Aruba has always complied with Surinam Airways. If we don’t receive an answer from the Suriname authorities, we will put a stop to the agreement with their airlines. This means that in a period of six months, all airlines flying to Aruba operating under a Suriname AOC will be stopped,” the minister said.

Source: Caribbean News Now