Getting To St Maarten ...
By air Or Sea ...

The main airport on the island is the Princess Juliana International Airport, which manages just about all air traffic activities on the island, incorporating the ones to St Martin (the French section). In case you are departing from the United States, you can find several airlines offering direct flights to St. Maarten.

However, American Airlines will offer the most affordable airfares and also the most frequent flights. They will fly directly from San Juan, New York and Miami, but you could likewise book your airline flight from other major cities.

US Airways offers direct flights from Charlotte and Philadelphia as well as provides connecting flights for other major cities. United Airlines travels straight from Chicago, whilst Continental offers flights from Newark and Delta have direct flights from Atlanta.

In case you are departing from Canada, then you can get to St Maarten through direct flights on Air Transat into St. Maarten coming from Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax and Calgary, whilst Air Canada offers direct flights from Toronto.

You can easily find direct flights if you are traveling from Europe just the same. Air Holland and KLM offers direct flights from Amsterdam, whilst. Air France provides direct Paris flights.

A number of local carriers likewise provide flights to St. Maarten. This island is actually a favorite spot for yachtsmen and sailors due to its duty free offerings and also the accessibility to international merchandise.

The yachting sector is definitely among the biggest and fastest growing markets. The Simpson Bay Bridge had been widened to enable huge yachts to access the lagoon and the majority of the marinas today cater to the more substantial yachts.

There is also a popular sailing event held on the island called St. Maarten Heineken Regatta and this continues to grow stronger after been in existence for over twenty-eight years.

There are modern cruise amenities at the Claude Wathey Cruise Facility, which helps St. Maarten to be ranked in the ninth position as one of the top twenty cruise destinations and ports worldwide. St. Maarten port offers multiple housing for 4 cruise ships, next to the 2100 feet pier.

These facilities consist of boulevard and seaside promenades and also the John Craane Cruise Terminal providing taxi, bus and water taxi services, banking, car rentals, telecommunication services, tours and more.

Finally there is tender jetty amenities catering to home porting; water based tours and water taxis. This brand-new tender jetty is at present referred to as the biggest within the Northeastern Caribbean islands.