Arajet Seeks To Add Nearly 20 International Routes From Punta Cana

Alongside the organized development from Punta Cana, Arajet additionally wants to launch its initial courses to the U.S. later this year. The provider applied to the united state Transportation Department for consent to begin trips to the country in March 2023, detailing plans to start serving New york city, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The move will certainly see PUJ become Arajet’s second base alongside its main Santo Domingo Las Americas International Flight terminal hub, which serves the Dominican Republic’s capital city. The airline additionally operates some services from Santiago de los Caballeros’ Ciabo International Airport terminal in the north part of the country.

The airline company, which operates a center in Santo Domingo, intends to open a base at PUJ in November after establishing a partnership with airport operator Grupo PuntaCana. PUJ will certainly end up being the carrier’s third residential location.

If Arajet achieves success in securing the civil liberties for all 19 locations and launches the paths, it will face competitors on 12 of them on a city-pair basis. According to OAG Schedules Analyser data, the seven locations without continuously service from PUJ presently are Cancun, Cartagena, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kingston, Mexico City and San Jose.

Ahead of the prepared launch, Arajet has actually put on Junta de Aviación Civil, the Dominican Republic’s civil aeronautics authority, for the rights to serve 19 global courses, including offering flights to factors in Argentina, Canada, Colombia and Peru.

Its ambitions were recently increased when the Dominican Republic and the united state ended negotiations for an open skies contract, noting an end to 25 years of speak with enhance the existing bilateral air transportation agreement. The particular federal governments will currently function to bring the proposed contract into pressure.