KLM West-Indisch Bedrijf

The first mail flight arriving from the Netherlands to Curaçao by the Fokker F.XVIII PH-AIS "Snip" on December 22, 1934, marked the beginning of the company.

[2][3] Initially, the West-Indisch Bedrijf mainly flew from Willemstad, Curaçao to Aruba (with the first flight occurring on 19 January 1935), Venezuela and Jamaica in cooperation with Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (KNSM).

Only after World War II regular flights Amsterdam-Curaçao occurred.

Because of the oil refineries in Aruba, WIB became a major transporter and one of the best-run airlines of its day.

On August 1, 1964, the West-Indisch Bedrijf was transformed into ALM Antillean Airlines, in which the Netherlands Antilles became a shareholder.