The popular tourist island of St. Maarten cannot expect commercial flights to begin for at least the next two weeks and maybe as long as six, some travelers are being told. Airlines that usually ...

Crowds gather on sand, cameras at the ready, as last flights skim their heads before precariously touching down by shore THE hair-raising sight of mighty Boeing 747s skimming a beach before touching ...

As the beach sits at the end of a tiny runway at St Maarten’s international airport, the tranquillity is frequently disrupted by the sight and sound of passenger jets soaring mere metres above the ...

Maho Beach might not be the Caribbean's most idyllic beach but it's not the white sand tourists turn up for. Located on St Maarten, the small beach is popular among plane spotters and self-confessed ...

KLM has served the beaches of St. Maarten with a Boeing 747 for 26 years. — -- For 26 years, a tropical paradise has been home to one of the world's scariest and most exhilarating landings in the ...