Airport Surcharge Bonaire

[phelana]

SERVICE CHARGE (ENGLISH)​

Starting December 1, 2008, Bonaire International Airport N.V. will charge each departing passenger a service charge. This service charge amounts to Ang 3.-- and will be added to the existing passenger facility charge (airport tax). This means that departing passengers for domestic destinations will pay Ang 15,50 and Ang 63,50 international destinations . Departing passengers of age 60+ or 12- and who are residents of either the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba and have a domestic destination pay Ang 10.50. Children under 2 years are exempt.
The service charge is charged as of December 1, 2008, due to the deployment of the new AirportConnect CUTE system. CUTE stands for Common Use Terminal Equipment. This is a common use system whereby all airlines can use each of the 12 available check-in counters at the Flamingo Airport. More flexibility is obtained while the processing capacity of passengers at the check-in counters is increased and made more efficient. This leads to a much better service for the departing passenger. The present check-in system works with so called dedicated check-in counters which are only usable by one particular airline and cannot be used by other airlines, thus restricting processing capacity. Furthermore, FIDS, Flight Information Display System will provide a real time display of the status of flights as a service enhancement to our customers. In addition to the scheduled arrival or departure times, information can be displayed such as ťeparted? ťelayed? ţoarding? etc.
As passenger numbers increase and security requirements grow, air travel becomes more stressful and time consuming for passengers. Travellers are looking for an easier, quicker, more efficient passage through the airport.
Bonaire International Airport continues to strive in providing a more efficient and speedier flow while at the same time meeting the passengerÃÔ needs.


Source TCB Bonaire
1 USD=1.78 ANG



Ann Phelan
www.antiguacaribbean.com

 

[ScubaSteve]

......This means that departing passengers for domestic destinations will pay Ang 15,50 and Ang 63,50 international destinations......

Thanks for letting everybody know Ann. I just want to make sure it is clear. The above amount is over and above the existing departure tax essentially doubling what we had to pay a couple weeks ago? Or are the figures above the total for the departure tax and the CUTE fee? Sorry if I missed it.

 

[DiveMaven]

The surcharge amounts to about $1.65 US in addition to the departure tax. Personally, I think it's great that they're going to change things at the airport so all the airlines can use all the counters...it sure could speed things up for departures, as long as the airlines put the personnel in each of the check-in spots!

 

[ScubaSteve]

So that means the above number includes the CUTE tax. I agree that this is good news for the island and for the travellers. Hopefully they do open more kiosks with this ability to get more passengers through quicker. There will still be the bottleneck at security though. Today there is a tremendous line to check in but then the serurity line rarely builds up (the two times I have been there anyways).

 

[gert7to3]

The departure experience at Flamingo can take the positives away from the vacation pretty fast. Then to get stuck at Newark or San Juan....priceless.

 

[WaterWolf]

I've only been to Bonaire once and my departure experience wasn't bad at all. Maybe we just got lucky. Can I ask what your experience was gert?

 

[Martha]

Regarding the departure tax/service charge, do you still need to show a boarding pass to pay this or can it be done beforehand?

 

[herman]

Not sure if that rumor is actually true or not Martha. Last July/Aug when I was there it was susposed to be in effect but myself and a lot of others went to the counter and payed the tax before getting in line....well we actually got in line first having heard the rumors but after watching several others pay the tax first and one of us got out of line and payed it, no questions ask.....either they don't enforce it or decided it was a bad idea. They also take CCs.

 

[Bob]

Last July we paid our departure tax on the Thursday before we left on Saturday. We stopped by Flamingo on the way to Angel City and paid up. I have read of people trying this and getting turned down, but we took a chance and it worked. almtree: Bob

 

[DiverVince]

Yep..we did the same thing. Stopped at the airport the night before we were to leave & paid the departure tax. They were glad to take our money & it made leaving the island the next day a bit easier.