2015 kicked off with the busiest “Super Weekend” ever

Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) kicked off 2015 on a positive note considering the amount of passengers and airplane movements handled in the first weekend of 2015, 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 25.700 passengers and 414 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 Department of Public Works (DOW), Department of Infrastructure and Planning (DIP), the taxi cab drivers, the local Police K-9 unit, the Border Police Department at the airport, Aruba Customs, US Customs and Border Protection, Local Immigrations (Alarm and Security Institute Aruba), Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA), the airline customers, ground handlers, Air Navigation Services Aruba N.V. (ANSA), concession and F&B operators, ASAP Services, Total Services, Valero, Universal Aviation FBO, Flexo, Aruba Security and Crime Prevention and all AAA employees.

“This is all about great teamwork, focus and leadership! It’s important to understand how interconnected every part of the airport operation is to each other, and when everyone is focused and committed to their respective roles, the results are readily obvious. By working together we have proven to be able to achieve great things that have ultimately benefited the entire airport operation and the passengers that travel through our airport Even though at one point we had 39 private aircraft and 17 commercial aircraft parked on our apron, we managed to process every one of them in a safe and expeditious manner. Not even the bad weather in the Northeast U.S., that caused some flight delays and airspace congestion could stop the great team efforts. 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” said proud AAA CEO Mr. James Fazio.