Costa Linda flights - where your trip starts
Scheduled air service to Aruba from the United States expanded dramatically at the end of 2000. American Airlines once dominated the route, but Continental, Delta, United, and US Airways have joined the fray. There are no nonstop flights from Canada, but American, Continental, and Delta have connecting service. Although the number of flights generally increases during the high season, airlines may alter service depending on demand (and their own financial condition). Before Queen Beatrix International Airport was expanded and renovated in 2000, a blast of dry, warm air welcomed vacationers to Aruba as they descended the stairs of their plane to the tarmac. Nowadays, you walk from air-conditioned plane to air-conditioned terminal with no hint of the arid heat until you leave the building. Lots of folks miss that hot blast -- shorthand for vacation -- but it's hard to find fault with the airport otherwise. It's clean, modern, and organized. Unless your flight arrives with several others (it may on weekends), the lines through Immigration and Customs move rapidly. Luggage doesn't make it to the conveyer belts as fast as you'd like, but does it anywhere? Blame baggage delays on drug-sniffing canines (don't be alarmed; it's standard procedure). Plenty of free luggage carts are available. The terminal has a bank and an ATM. Most stores are in the departing passenger lounges, but in the courtyard to your left as you leave the U.S. arrivals building, a handful of small shops sell books, souvenirs, and snacks. In the interest of protecting cab drivers' livelihood, Aruban law precludes hotels from picking up guests at the airport. If you've come on a package tour, your ground transportation voucher gives you a seat on one of the privately operated, air-conditioned buses that take arriving passengers to the hotels. Otherwise, you can take a cab. Fixed, regulated fares are $13 to Oranjestad, $17 to the Low-Rise hotels, $20 to the High-Rises, and $21 or so to Tierra del Sol. Taxis line up outside the terminal. If you want to get behind the wheel of your own car, 20 or so car-rental kiosks await you on the other side of the taxis. The drive from the airport to the hotels is 10 to 25 minutes, depending on traffic and the time of day.
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