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Schiphol International B.V. en Aruba Airport Authority N.V. hebben de samenwerkingovereenkomst voor de ontwikkeling van de Arubaanse luchthaven herzien en verlengd voor een periode van minimaal vijf jaar tot en met 2012.
De overeenkomst werd woensdag 23 januari ondertekend door Jacques Greitemann, Managing Director van Schiphol International en Frendsel Giel, Voorzitter van de Raad van Commissarissen van de Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA). Dit gebeurde in aanwezigheid van Minister van Toerisme en Transport, Edison Briesen.
Met het nieuwe contract worden de banden tussen beide partijen verder aangehaald. Beide partijen gaan de mogelijkheid onderzoeken om tot een meer structurele band te komen. De verwachting is dat de positieve ontwikkelingen bij AAA sinds de start van de samenwerking in 2004 worden voortgezet, en dat Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix zich blijvend kan meten met de beste luchthavens in de regio.

Schiphol International B.V. and Aruba Airport Authority N.V. have revised and extended their cooperation agreement concerning the development of Aruba's airport. The agreement has been extended for at least five years to the end of 2012.
The agreement was signed on Wednesday 23 January by Jacques Greitemann, Managing Director of Schiphol International and Frendsel Giel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA). Present at the signing was the Minister of Tourism and Transport, Edison Briesen.
The new contract strengthens the ties between the two parties. Both parties will now be looking into the possibility of forming a more structural relationship. The positive changes made at AAA since the start of the partnership in 2004 are expected to continue, enabling Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix to continue to count itself among the region's best airports.
Managing Director Jacques Greitemann of Schiphol International is pleased about the signing of the agreement. "We are now entering the next phase, in which the development of activities in and around Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix will continue. When the partnership started in 2004 the airport was still making a loss structurally. Thanks to the joint approach, the number of passengers has increased considerably through the years and the airport's operations and commercial opportunities have continued to improve. The airport is an important engine of the Aruban economy."
In 2007 approx. 1.8 million passengers travelled through Aruba Airport; 116,000 of them flew to or from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. At present there are eight flights a week between Schiphol and Aruba. They are operated by KLM, Martinair and ArkeFly.