Which Should Come First: Passengers Or Aircrafts?

“Which Should Come First: Passengers Or Aircrafts?” by Terrance Rey In the July 2013 issue of AirStMaarten newsletter, I expressed the need for a Caribbean-wide charter operator and explained my dream of how to achieve this…. By creating a network of travel agencies throughout the Caribbean that can serve as feeders for

Fields of Dreams by Jacob Gelt Dekker

“Fields of Dreams” by Jacob Gelt Dekker Kevin Costner in “Fields of Dreams” as an Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interpreted them as a command and built a baseball diamond in his fields and the Chicago Black Sox came. Market economy theories try to explain the workings of perfect and

How About Coupons For Inter-Island Travel To and From St. Maarten?

Published Sunday, June 14th, 2009, 1:36pm   Last month, I published a column which also generated some interest and notable responses.   One such responsee agreed that the suggestion to use Winair to provide free airlift from the surrounding Caribbean islands to bring tourists, business travelers and shoppers to the island as

Viability

Editorial taken from The Daily Herald, published July 6th, 2009   News that the Executive Council has approved the Emergency Marketing Fund totalling more than four million guilders (US $2.3 million) diverted from the Social Economic Initiative (SEI) comes none too soon. After all, the initiative to make extra means available