Joost Meijs hands over the Dutch Caribbean Cooperation of Airports chairmanship to Jonny Andersen

This decision was taken unanimously in the DCCA collective meeting on March 11, 2024. Joost Meijs has served as chairperson since the DCCA establishment in 2021.

Since its establishment, the six airports in the Dutch Caribbean have been cooperating more intensively through exchanging knowledge, performing safety and security audits, and working closely with other stakeholders on improved connectivity (affordable, efficient, and sustainable) between the Dutch Caribbean islands. DCCA serves as the primary point of contact for stakeholders in the aviation industry in the Dutch Caribbean. DCCA wants to improve the connectivity between the islands and sees the Dutch Caribbean as positioned to become a front-runner in the world of new sustainable ways of flying.

Every year, DCCA organizes, with the help of the host airport, the convention A Flight to the Future. In 2022, the convention was held for the first time in Aruba, where the first electric aircraft took off into the Caribbean airspace. In 2023, Curacao Airport gave a follow-up and organized the second edition of the convention with an impressive drone demonstration. On November 18 and 19, 2024, St Maarten will host the third edition. During these conventions, the whole aviation ecosystem in the Dutch Caribbean comes together to discuss ambitions, actual topics, and new trends and innovations in the (regional) aviation industry. 

Jonny Andersen, the incoming chairperson, extends his heartfelt appreciation to Joost Meijs for his visionary and outstanding leadership of the Dutch Caribbean Cooperation of Airports. 

Under Joost's guidance, the DCCA has become the voice of the Dutch Caribbean airports, representing the common interests of the six airports to governments, island communities, airline partners, and other stakeholders.