The French airline Air Caraibes recently announced that beginning June 15 it will add an additional flight between Paris-Santo Domingo, bringing the total of its weekly flights to Santo Domingo to three. This new flight, scheduled for Tuesdays, will increase by 50% the airline’s overall number of seats to the Dominican Republic. Air Caraibes currently flies on Sundays and Fridays, [...]

The Spanish-based Air Europa airline recently added a second daily flight to Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, in order to fill the gap recently left by Iberia when it decided to cancel its traditional route to Santo Domingo. Passengers traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico – and who previously used Iberia – can now complete this route [...]

The German airline Condor will add four additional flights between Munich and the Dominican Republic, beginning in November of this year. Three of the flights will be from Munich to Punta Cana and the other will fly into Puerto Plata, on the country’s north coast. Condor currently operates two weekly flights to Puerto Plata, a daily flight to Punta Cana, [...]

The Dominican Ministry of Tourism recently renewed, for a fourth consecutive year, an agreement with Air France whereby the airline will continue to promote the Dominican Republic – jointly with the Ministry of Tourism – in France and 20 other destinations in Europe where the airline has a presence. The contract amount was signed for 477,000 Euros. Air France offers [...]

During the 2012-2013 winter travel season, the Dominican Republic is expected to remain the most important Caribbean destination for German airlines. Air Berlin currently has nine scheduled weekly flights; Condor, eleven; Edelweiss, from Zurich, has one weekly flight while Arkefly, has two. Condor recently announced an increase in the number of direct flights to the Dominican Republic for next summer. [...]

The Air Turks & Caicos (AirTAC) airline will initiate flights from Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport (AILA) to Turks & Caicos beginning December 14, 2012. The Caribbean route will have direct flights from Sunday through Friday, with connecting flights to Kingston, Jamaica and Nassau, the Bahamas. An E120 aircraft, with capacity for 30 passengers, will be used in these [...]

Apple Vacations has included in its new routes for next winter flights from Hartford, Connecticut to Punta Cana, on the country’s easternmost region. Chairman Tim Mullen said the new flights were included after conducting market research studies and consumer surveys. Apple Vacations Increases Flights to Punta Cana. Tim Mullen, Apple Vacations president, explained that the new flights and services are [...]

The US-based JetBlue airline will begin flying on Wednesdays and Saturdays from New York City to Samana, on the country’s northeast corner, beginning November 14. This will be the sixth Dominican airport receiving direct JetBlue flights from the United States. Flights to one of the most beautiful and prosperous of the country’s tourism regions will leave John F. Kennedy Airport. [...]

Air Century Airlines will soon launch regular flights between Punta Cana’s international airport and the international airport in Barahona, the southwest’s most important city. The flights will make a quick stop in Santo Domingo’s local airport. The announcement was made by the Tourism Cluster of Barahona and “Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom),” the company that runs the country’s airports. Flights [...]

The Dominican Republic has become one of the airliner’s most important “markets of interest” in the region.  Nicolas Ferri, vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean, said that Puerto Rico and New York City will complete Delta’s strategic development triangle for expansion. Ferri explained that the decision to expand is already underway, especially now that Delta has added two [...]