by Donald Wood
Last updated: 2:10 PM ET, Wed October 4, 2017
After being ravaged by Hurricane Irma, the famous Princess Juliana International Airport on the island of Saint Martin is scheduled to reopen later this month.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced it will be resuming service to the island on October 29, but the carrier will be lowering the number of flights from four a week to just two a week.
Officials from KLM said the airline will no longer fly directly to Sint Maarten, but instead will operate stopover flights to Curacao that will allow the carrier to continue serving the island.
"For years, KLM has had close ties with Saint Maarten. Under the current circumstances, we are certainly not about to leave the people on that island in the lurch," KLM CEO Pieter Elbers said in a statement. "From 29 October, KLM will resume its flights to Sint Maarten stopping off at Curacao along the way. What is more, we plan to increase our capacity to Curacao, Bonaire, and Aruba to offer our customers a greater opportunity to fly to the Caribbean."
AirLive.net also reported Air France will resume flights to the island in the coming weeks.
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In addition, KLM announced it would be increasing the number of flights to Curacao, with a total of three extra flights per week added to the existing seven weekly flights scheduled to the island.
There will be two additional flights to Curacao from December to February 2018, bringing the total to 12 flights per week between Amsterdam and Curacao during that period. KLM will also add more flights between Amsterdam, Bonaire and Aruba, with an additional flight during the winter season bringing the number to seven a week.
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