Aruba Airport handled more than 27.000 passengers and over 350 aircraft movements
Excellent cooperation between public and private sector
Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) kicked off 2016 on a positive note considering the amount of passengers and airplane movements handled in the first weekend of 2016, known as “Super Weekend”. The first weekend after New Year’s Day is historically the busiest period for passenger traffic at Queen Beatrix International Airport due to the amount of passengers that arrive and depart from Aruba after the holiday season.
Of course, such an extremely busy weekend required good planning and coordination between all the stakeholders, departments and employees at the airport. These planning efforts prior to this period showed great results when looking at the fact that even though it was a super busy weekend where a total of 27.250 passengers and 363 total aircraft operations were handled (both commercial and private) in the 2-day period, the operation maintained the highest levels of safety and security, along with efficient and effective passenger processing, resulting in a positive passenger experience for the thousands of people traveling through the airport.
These results take a tremendous amount of coordination, planning and commitment from a number of airport partners, and this past weekend’s results could not have been possible without the great efforts of the US Customs and Border Protection, Local Immigrations (IASA), the Border Police Department at the airport, Aruba Customs, Air Navigation Services Aruba N.V. (ANSA), Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA), the airlines, ground handlers, Department of Public Transportation (DTP), the taxi cab drivers, concession and F&B operators, ASAP Services, Total Services, Valero, Universal Aviation FBO, Flexo, Aruba Security and Crime Prevention and the AAA team amongst others.
AAA CEO Mr. James Fazio commented on the Super Weekend by saying: “The key ingredient for the successful Super Weekend is great teamwork by all the airport partners. Also, the latest technology additions helped tremendously to handle the amount of passengers in a record time. It was impressive to see each employee going the extra mile to ensure proper service to our passengers and I wish to thank each and every person that made a difference during this Super Weekend! It’s impressive what can be accomplished with the right focus and commitment, great job by all.”