Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Continental Airlines To Bring New Newark/Bonaire Connection

Continental Airlines today signed a new accord with the Bonaire Island Government to bring a second non-stop flight to Bonaire from Newark, New Jersey. The new non-stop flight begins in mid-December, and joins the weekly non-stop flight Continental started in December 2005 from Houston, Texas.

As with the current Continental flight from Houston, the flight from Newark will be a red-eye flight from the U.S. The flight will initially depart Newark Saturdays at 11:55pm, arriving on Bonaire at 5:40am (one hour time difference). It will depart Bonaire Sundays at 7am, arriving in Newark at 10:45am. With this schedule there should be ample time to make connections going both ways. The first flight will depart Newark’s Liberty Airport (airport code EWR) on Saturday, December 16, 2006. (Sources: Tourism Corporation Bonaire Press Release, Internet research)