InselAir Set to Launch New Routes to Venezuela and Brazil

By: - June 14th, 2015

Above: an InselAir plane

By the Caribbean Journal staff

InselAir is expanding with two new routes to Venezuela and Brazil.

Beginning July 3, the Dutch Caribbean carrier will launch service between Curacao and Manaus, Brazil; on July 14, the carrier will begin operating flights between Curacao and Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela.

The Manaus flights will operate Mondays and Fridays, while the Puerto Ordaz flights will operate Tuesdays and Saturdays.

“By launching this new route we offer passengers from Curacao and from our other destinations the fastest and easiest connection into Brazil,” said Jurgen Lippinkhof, Chief Commercial Officer at InselAir. “And from Manaus, passengers can easily connect to other destinations in Brazil, such as Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo as therecently built airport in Manaus offers many of such connections.”

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