Established in 1964 as Air ABC, Dutch Caribbean Airlines was an airline based in Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. With Hato International Airport as its main hub, the airline operated service to over 15 destinations including Oranjestad, Puerto Plata,
Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Port-au-Prince, Philipsburg,
Port of Spain, Cologne, Amsterdam and Caracas, just to name a few. Dutch Caribbean Airlines in 2004 declared that it will ceased all its operations.