5500 flight movements took place from and to the Caribbean Netherlands in the fourth quarter of 2014. Compared to a year earlier this is an increase of 2 percent. Over the whole of 2014 the number decreased by 14 percent. This decline was entirely due to the Bonaire airport, where several flights were cancelled. While the number of passengers here fell by only 2 percent in 2014, the number of flight movements dropped by 22%. Accounting for more than half of all flight movements, Bonaire is the largest airport of the Caribbean Netherlands. The number of flight movements from and to Saba remained unchanged, whereas the flight movements handled by St. Eustatius increased by 7 percent in the fourth quarter.
More passengers in the fourth quarter 2014
The number of passengers travelling from and to the Caribbean Netherlands increased by more than 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014. This increase in the fourth quarter was insufficient to end the year 2014 positive. The increase in passengers in the fourth quarter was attributable to the airports of Bonaire and Saba. On St. Eustatius the number of passengers remained unchanged. The value of goods imported by air was 6.3 million US dollars in the fourth quarter. Compared to a year earlier imports remained stable. However, over the whole of 2014 there was an increase of nearly 4 percent. Various manufactured goods mainly went to Bonaire, which accounts for 90 percent of the total import value by plane.
