Bangkok--2 Feb--eTurboNews
Major infrastructure works at the new Princess Juliana International Airport which opened in November 2006 promote a carrier of international prestige for over 45 years.
The airline postures Caribbean routes, aside from its hub, in ways unthinkable. Reaching the smallest island in the world - 37 square miles in size and shared by two governments - in style and in comfort is no longer a figment of one's imagination.
The winning number is already drawn in the skies. Thanks to Winair.
Windward Islands Airways Intl NV, popularly known as Winair, welcomes millions of discerning guests aboard its luxurious aircrafts. The small regional carrier based in St. Maarten (SXM), Netherlands Antilles operates daily flights to Tortola, St. Kitts, St. Barths, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Eustatuis, Anguilla and Saba.
From its hub in St. Maarten (SXM), Winair operates 45 to 50 flights daily with schedules accommodating passengers from all over the world. It offers the best connections with major carriers such as Air France, KLM, US Airways, Continental, American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways to name a few. Winair also conveniently flies European visitors from its second hub in Antigua (ANU) to all other Winair destinations. Changing the way people travel and discover the world is the airline's foremost goal.
In order to stay competitive, Winair has quickly found its niche in the market, serving consumers in and around the region with a fleet of four to 19-seater Dehavilland Twin-Otters and three to seven-seater Britten Norman Islander.
To grow in an increasingly-competitive market environment, Winair forged ahead with partnerships with other flagships. It signed several interline agreements with most major European carriers that service the Caribbean like Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, Caribbean Airlines, Alitalia and British Airways. Their contracts allowed passengers to purchase one through fares and have their bags checked to their final destination, making their connecting or transit journey as convenient as possible.
To generate seamless booking or reservations system, the air carrier has also joined strategic billing settlement plans (BSP) in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom which allow travel agents to sell all Winair tickets at their respective location. Through special arrangements with Hahn Air (HR), travel agents located in an area where Winair is not part of the countries for BSP now have access to Winair menu. Agents can now sell the tickets using the plate and stock utilized by HR, hassle-free.
New products and innovations recently added to Winair's dossier of offers include a series of sales initiative designed to capitalize upon growing international demand and enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Winair offers all clients the convenience with booking their tickets 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year on their advanced online booking engine at www.fly-winair.com . Passengers can easily make a booking and pay for fares using credit card in just five easy steps. Clients will receive their e-ticket confirmation - all they actually need to travel to all routes.
Winair also offers convenient and affordable charter services to any destination in the North Eastern Caribbean. And with the island's tourism master plan in full swing since July 2005, tourism stakeholders can bank on shaping up guest satisfaction, and bench-marking significant investments and major developments with a carrier that promises to deliver more beyond just being an air bridge.
St. Maarten/ St. Martin definitely has a winner in Winair, the company that finally puts two sides, Dutch and French territories, together in the name of tourism promotion and marketing in all history.
There's no other winning chip that will get the island's main economic driver, tourism, ahead of the game. With Winair, the sky's the limit to getting to the top.