Startup finances provider Arajet set for first US routes because it tries to construct a Caribbean hub
Dominican airline Arajet will make its U.S. debut this spring with flights to Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico, a key step in realizing its dream of constructing a Pan-American hub in Santo Domingo.
The finances provider will start flights to Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA) from Santo Domingo’s Las Americas Worldwide Airport (SDQ) on April 11. Then, on June 5, it is going to add flights to San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín Worldwide Airport (SJU) from SDQ. Each routes will function six days per week.
Arajet may also hyperlink MIA and Punta Cana Worldwide Airport (PUJ) 4 days per week from June 13.
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Later in June, Arajet plans to attach New York and Santo Domingo as effectively. No begin date for this route has been offered but.
“Starting U.S. operations with flights from these cities is the subsequent step in direction of realizing our imaginative and prescient of the [Dominican Republic] as a brand new journey hub of the continent,” Victor Pacheco, CEO and founding father of Arajet, mentioned in an announcement. “That is the start of our U.S. operations, and these routes will broaden tourism in our area, making it simpler for vacationers to find our nation and hook up with thrilling locations in neighboring Caribbean islands in addition to Central and South America.”
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Airfares for Arajet’s new U.S. routes begin at $84 one-way.
Based in 2022, Arajet needs to develop Santo Domingo — the capital and largest metropolis within the Dominican Republic — right into a connecting hub linking North and South America. The airline envisions one thing much like Copa Airways’ “Hub of the Americas” at Panama Metropolis’s Tocumen Worldwide Airport (PTY).
Arajet flies an all-Boeing 737 MAX fleet with 10 737-8s in service and one other 20 737-8200s on order. On the finish of final 12 months, the provider served 21 cities in Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America from its bases in Punta Cana and Santo Domingo, in response to schedule information from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
Arajet faces stiff competitors in its U.S. enlargement. American Airways, Frontier Airways and SkyHigh Dominicana fly the Miami-Santo Domingo route, whereas American, Frontier and LATAM fly the Miami-Punta Cana route, Cirium schedules present. Moreover, Frontier, JetBlue and SkyHigh Dominicana fly the San Juan-Santo Domingo route.
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