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KLM’s “Snip” first appearance (dec 24, 1934 – jan 19, 1935)

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KLM’s “Snip” made its first appearance in Aruba on December 24, 1934, when the Fokker F.XVIII touched down at 10.20 a.m. on the mudflat runway in Savaneta. KLM later transferred its operations to its own graded runway, the KLM Field, located at the site later known as the Dakota Field.

KLM’s Snip, the PJ-AIS a Fokker tri-motor, ushered in the scheduled flying age in Aruba on January 19, 1935. Together with the KLM’s “Oriol”, the PJ-AIO, also a three-engine Fokker, they flew until 1946, after which they were scrapped.

KLM transported with its bi-weekly Aruba-Curacao operations 2,695 passengers on 471 flights.

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dec 24, 1934
jan 19, 1935
~ 26 days

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