Las Americas International Airport (Santo Domingo)

The airline, founded in 2022, has eagerly been anticipating the finalization of a Dominican-U.S. Open Skies agreement, which formally took effect on Dec. 19.

Colorado-based Frontier Airlines are rolling out a mix of new services and post-pandemic route resumptions.

Dominican low-cost upstart Arajet has opened bus connections from Santo Domingo Las Americas International Airport to Punta Cana.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

Chile will become the 14th country in Arajet’s network once flights start in October.

The Dominican Republic’s aviation regulator Junta de Aviación Civil revealed new airline routes to the country, including Paris Orly Airport service.

The Denver-based ULCC is adding three domestic and two international services from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

CEO Victor Pacheco believes there is huge potential for a low-cost hub-and-spoke operator in the Caribbean—especially if governments reduce taxes and fees levied on the industry.

Competition at Felipe Angeles International is starting to heat up as Volaris responds to the expansion plans of Aeromexico and Viva Aerobus.

The Caribbean carrier plans to serve 12 countries in the Americas, including Mexico, Colombia and Peru.

The ULCC is expanding its Latin America offerings from the central Florida airport.

The carrier plans to serve a host of countries in the Americas.

The airline is seeking to enter the growing Dominican Republic-US market.

Santo Domingo will become the fourth destination in the Dominican Republic served from Toronto by Air Canada.

Routes profiles the latest operations of New York-based JetBlue Airways, the World Routes 2021 attendee that has just launched its second transatlantic service.

Air Canada plans to launch the new Caribbean service in December.

The Florida-based ULCC plans to be 45% larger at MCO compared to pre-COVID-19.

The launch of the Dominican Republic-Guadeloupe route increases two-way capacity by almost a third.

The US carrier will launch eight new routes as competition in Miami intensifies.

The US carrier wants to expand its network in South America and the Caribbean this year.

Frontier to compete with Spirit on new route to the US Virgin Islands.

The network additions increase the US carrier’s footprint from Las Vegas to 44 destinations and Miami to 27.

The ULCC will begin the new flights in the first half of 2021.

The New York-based carrier expects high VFR traffic over the holiday.

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