SANTO DOMINGO – Arajet, the Dominican Republic's low-cost airline, said it expects to end 2024 transporting approximately 1.2 million passengers, consolidating its exponential growth from Canada to the Southern Cone with new routes operating from Punta Cana International Airport.
The airline celebrated its second anniversary yesterday, September 15, and reported that it transported more than 120,000 passengers in August, surpassing the 100,000 passenger mark for the third consecutive month.
The company shared a statement indicating that they continue to lead in passenger traffic among local airlines, maintaining a milestone in the country's commercial aviation.
He stated that the figures are part of a monthly report from the Civil Aviation Board (JAC), which highlights that Arajet is the Dominican airline that had the highest passenger traffic from the country's various airports.
In the press release, the company stated that last August Arajet transported a total of 87,932 passengers who visited or departed from the Dominican Republic. They also highlighted that this figure is in addition to the more than 33,000 passengers who connected to their final destination from Las Américas International Airport, bringing the total to over 120,000.
"Arajet has established itself as the preferred option for tourism and business travel in the Dominican Republic and the continent, aiming to make the country the new air hub for connections in the continent," the statement reads.
The JAC also indicated, according to a note, that the airline leads the Dominican airlines between Sky High and Air Century, which transported 15,619 and 5,366 passengers , respectively.
Victor Pacheco Méndez, CEO & Founder of Arajet, congratulated all collaborators on the second anniversary and expressed that these figures that are "breaking records month after month" in the commercial aviation of the Dominican Republic are the incentive to continue building together the new era of local aviation, he emphasizes.
"Together we are democratizing the skies of the continent so that more people can fly, and in these two years we have achieved countless milestones that should encourage us to continue making history," Pacheco noted.
