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Aerolínea brasileña llega al aeropuerto de Punta Cana

Punta Cana.- La aerolínea brasileña Gol inició sus operaciones en el país con la ruta Punta Cana-Caracas-Sao Paulo, a través del Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana, convirtiéndose en la única línea carioca que actualmente vuela a la República Dominicana. Gol Líneas Aéreas Inteligentes inició sus operaciones a principio de julio pasado con dos vuelos semanales. El gerente general del Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana, Francisco Alba, informó que este es un nuevo paso de esta terminal que en el primer semestre de…

Rival airlines Spirit, JetBlue expand routes to Dominican Republic

Image via Wikipedia Low-cost rivals Spirit and JetBlue are giving passengers more ways to get between Fort Lauderdale and the Dominican Republic. Spirit Airlines started a daily nonstop route to Santiago last month and continues to offer daily nonstop service to Punta Cana and Santo Domingo. JetBlue Airways launched its first route to the island — daily nonstop service to Santo Domingo — as part of its recent expansion in the Caribbean. Strong cultural, tourism and economic ties join South Florida and the Dominican…

Ten new routes that may make international travel easier

By Jessica Labrencis, SmarterTravel.com If you have the time, money, and inclination to travel this summer and fall, keep an open mind about where to go. Many airlines will soon be offering new routes to destinations you may have assumed would be too expensive or too inconvenient to visit in the past. Major airlines and low-cost-carriers alike have announced new routes to dozens of destinations, 10 of which are highlighted below. Dominican Republic Cheap flights to the Dominican Republic won’t be hard to…

JetBlue Expands Fort Lauderdale Focus City with New Flights and Low Fares to Cancun and Santo Domingo

Image via Wikipedia - Cancun flights on sale starting at just $30(a) each way - - Santo Domingo flights start at $69(a) each way - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today expands at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport with two international routes linking its South Florida focus city with Cancun, Mexico, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Award-winning JetBlue, best known for its friendly crewmembers and low fares packed with amenities like free seatback televisions, unlimited free snacks, and the most legroom…

Dominican Republic works to attract U.S. private aviation

Lakeland, Florida. – The president of the U.S. National Aviation Safety Foundation yesterday said that organization will jointly work with the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC), so that its members, 199,000 American private pilots, who want to go to the Caribbean nation can do so precision and security. Ernie Strange met with IDAC director Jose Tomas Perez, who headed the official Dominican delegation that attended an air fair, including a pavilion of the Tourism Ministry and Dominican aeronautical and airport agencies, which…

Dominican Government approves more than 200 new regular, charter flights

SANTO DOMINGO. – The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) on April 15 approved new flights by different air lines to and from the Dominican Republic, among them Martinair Holland, N.V., to change its operation permit to include the regular flight Amsterdam-Varadero-Punta Cana-Amsterdam.

Chile and DR aviation agreement

Chile and the Dominican Republic have signed an aviation agreement for reciprocal rights to the sixth-freedom rights to fly passengers between Chile and the DR and seventh-freedom rights for cargo flights. Jose Tomas Perez, director general of the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IAC) traveled to the Chilean capital Santiago to sign the agreement. As established in the agreement, both countries will be able to carry passengers from a second country to a third country by stopping in one’s own country (sixth-freedom right).…

The Dominican Republic’s Airports and Airlines

Here is a great list of all airlines that land in DR and airports in the island.  Karoline Urena did a great job getting this information. The list is as of Sep, 2008, but it should still be useful. Air travel offers a quick journey to the Dominican Republic. A variety of airlines offer service to the Dominican Republic and its ten international airports. The four primary airport terminals that accommodate international airline traffic in the Dominican Republic are Las Americas International Airport (Santo Domingo),…