In the first session headed by Héctor Porcella Dumas as president of the Civil Aviation Board, the Dominican Republic increased its air connectivity with other States of the world, establishing more flights and routes in direct connection to and from the Dominican territory.
During the third extraordinary meeting of the body responsible for establishing the highest civil aviation policy, Porcella Dumas reiterated that he will continue working to increase the country’s air connectivity and consolidate the national territory as the epicenter of tourism and air transport between the countries of the Greater Caribbean.
The new president of the Civil Aviation Board, appointed by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, through Decree No. 390-24, after having been general director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), an organization in which he excelled in the national and international sector, met along with the other members of the plenary, the request for the special permit of Air Caraibes, to operate the route Paris-Orly/Santo Domingo/Punta Cana /Paris-Orly, from August 29, 2024 to October 17, 2024.
During the period from January 2023 to July 2024, Air Caraibes, mobilized 241,224 passengers in 1,065 inbound and outbound air operations. “Our goal will be to establish greater air connectivity to increase the number of tourists traveling to the Dominican Republic, tourism represents about 16% of GDP for the Dominican Republic,” said the new president of the JAC.
Likewise, the members of the plenary heard the request for Air Transat’s special permit to fly from November 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025, on the routes: Toronto/Samaná, Quebec/Samaná, Toronto/La Romana, Ottawa/Puerto Plata; Ottawa/Punta Cana, Moncton/Punta Cana and London, Ontario/Punta Cana.
According to data from the Statistics Division of the Air Transport Department of the JAC, the foreign air operator Air Transat, from January 2023 to July 2024, mobilized 1,455,713 passengers in 7,060 inbound and outbound air operations on the routes authorized in its operating permit and other modalities, “Dominicans can travel directly to the cities of Toronto, Quebec, Ottawa, Moncton and London, in Canada, without the need to wait at another airport,” Porcella communicated.
Source:presidencia.gob.do
