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04-24-2009, 03:00 PM
Interviewed on the Alicia Ortega & Miguel Guerrero radio talk show on 106.5FM yesterday, Airports director general Andres Vanderhorst said that the decision to suspend charter flights by Tortuga Air was taken in order to pressure Haiti to grant reciprocity in flights. Vanderhorst says the Haitian aviation authorities are claiming that they have already granted an airline permission to fly. Nevertheless, the authorized airline has not yet begun these flights. Other Dominican airlines want to fly to Haiti and thus are impeded from doing so. Vanderhorst says that when the authorized number of charter flights granted to Tortuga Air expired, the local authorities did not authorize new flights. Pending is the granting of permission to a local airline that is ready to start the flights.
Luis P. Rodriguez Ariza from the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) told El Caribe that his department has also sent the Haitian authorities a draft for an aviation agreement between both countries. The DR is seeking reciprocity with Haiti.
As reported in El Caribe, 6,809 passengers used the Port-au-Prince-Santo Domingo route from January to 15 April. Of these, 3,353 flew from Haiti to the DR, and another 3,456 flew from the DR to Haiti.
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Luis P. Rodriguez Ariza from the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) told El Caribe that his department has also sent the Haitian authorities a draft for an aviation agreement between both countries. The DR is seeking reciprocity with Haiti.
As reported in El Caribe, 6,809 passengers used the Port-au-Prince-Santo Domingo route from January to 15 April. Of these, 3,353 flew from Haiti to the DR, and another 3,456 flew from the DR to Haiti.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)