SANTO DOMINGO –Dominican low-cost airline Arajet announced plans to open new routes to the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, adding to its existing network of 17 international destinations in 11 territories, the company announced Thursday.
During the first day of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE), the main tourism fair of the Dominican Republic and also of the insular Caribbean, which is being held until today Friday in Punta Cana, the president of Arajet, Victor Pacheco, said that the work for the connection with Sao Paulo is almost complete and that with Buenos Aires it is expected to be achieved in a short time.
Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires would be joined by Santiago de Chile and, initially, Miami and New York in the United States, as well as Puerto Rico.
Routes to the United States would benefit from the open skies agreement that the Dominican Republic is negotiating with that country, which, according to the Dominican Minister of Tourism, David Collado, at the event, is close to being finalized.
Arajet's expansion reflects the rapid growth of this airline, which has been operating since September 15th and currently offers 42 round-trip connection points, two days a week, with nine countries out of the 11 territories it operates in (Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Aruba, Saint Martin, Curacao, Ecuador and Jamaica).
Specifically, Arajet flies to 13destinationsandGuayaquil; Aruba, Curacao, San Martin, Guatemala City, Kingston, Lima, San Salvador and San Jose.
With all these routes and an eye on expansion, Arajet is going to double its fleet of state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly aircraft to 10.
Results in seven months
According to company data, in seven months of operation they consolidated "a world-class product and service", with more than 2,500 flights and more than 180,000 passengers transported.
The firm indicated that "Arajet is the leading national airline in passenger transport in the Dominican Republic and the only one that offers connections," which makes this Caribbean country a low-price "hub" or logistics center in the Caribbean.
"Today, an Arajet passenger in Mexico City can have dinner in Medellín and lunch in the colonial zone of Santo Domingo, generating business and tourism opportunities in our country" and contributing economically to its development, Pacheco highlighted.
To coincide with the fair, this airline is launching a flight offer at $9.90 per trip, plus taxes.
