NewsWhore
06-12-2008, 06:30 PM
Air Dominicana (AD) has announced the start of daily flights to Caracas, Venezuela as of 16 June. This is the second Dominican airline to start international operations this year. The first was PAWA that began service to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on 2 June 2008.
AD president, Juan Jose Hidalgo Arena said that the new airline would use a Boeing 737 plane, with capacity for 148 passengers. AD, a mixed enterprise with private (Spanish Air Europa affiliate) and Dominican government capital, was started with a US$10 million investment. A second Boeing 737 is expected to commence service from the DR to Guayaquil, Ecuador. Hidalgo says the airline could also provide charter flight services between Mexico and Santo Domingo.
The announcement comes at a time when the DR has received notifications of flight cancellations form major airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Continental and US Airways, as part of global flight cuts. Jimenez is optimistic the flights would be resumed in the future. Amid all this bad news, Jet Blue has announced that it will increase its flights to the DR. And the Ministry of Tourism also reports that Air France, Iberia, Transaero from Moscow, Russia and Copa from Central America have increased their frequencies to the country, as reported in El Caribe. Likewise, Air Europa will be flying direct from Madrid to Puerto Plata later this year.
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AD president, Juan Jose Hidalgo Arena said that the new airline would use a Boeing 737 plane, with capacity for 148 passengers. AD, a mixed enterprise with private (Spanish Air Europa affiliate) and Dominican government capital, was started with a US$10 million investment. A second Boeing 737 is expected to commence service from the DR to Guayaquil, Ecuador. Hidalgo says the airline could also provide charter flight services between Mexico and Santo Domingo.
The announcement comes at a time when the DR has received notifications of flight cancellations form major airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Continental and US Airways, as part of global flight cuts. Jimenez is optimistic the flights would be resumed in the future. Amid all this bad news, Jet Blue has announced that it will increase its flights to the DR. And the Ministry of Tourism also reports that Air France, Iberia, Transaero from Moscow, Russia and Copa from Central America have increased their frequencies to the country, as reported in El Caribe. Likewise, Air Europa will be flying direct from Madrid to Puerto Plata later this year.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)