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The Dominican airline Arajet officially started flights on its new route from Dominican Republic toward San Juan on Puerto Rico.
Its operations began with an inaugural flight that departed from Las Americas International Airport at 12:20 noon on Wednesday 4 June and landed at the Luis Muñoz Marín airport 40 minutes later.
When addressing those present, The CEO and founder of AreaT, Victor Pacheco Mendez, expressed his enthusiasm for this new route and highlighted that the arrival of Arajet to Puerto Rico is the result of the entry into force of the Open Skies treaty between the United States and the Dominican Republic., that it would not be possible without the unrestricted support received from the government of Puerto Rico and its governor Jennifer González, as well as the Dominican government both in the person of President Luis Abinader and Minister Collado, whom he personally thanked.
AreaT started flights to San Juan
With four weekly frequencies, on mondays, Wednesday, Saturdays and Sundays, This direct flight will operate between the airport of Santo Domingo and San Juan, Puerto Rico, thus consolidating commercial relations and bringing closer to the Dominican diaspora that lives on the neighboring island. While, from 06 June will connect on a direct flight to San Juan and Punta Cana, with three weekly frequencies, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The flight was dismissed by the tourism minister of the Dominican Republic, David Collado and headed by the CEO and founder of Arajet, Victor Pacheco, who showed the Dominican and Puerto Rican flags as a sign of conquering one more destination in the wide network of destinations that has been building Arajet In the continent, which already add up 28.
During the year 2025, These new routes will have an availability of more than 88 thousand seats, of which a significant percentage was sold in the first 48 Hours of the Sales announcement made last February.
The protocol event held at the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport was also attended by the Governor of Puerto Rico Jenniffer González, From the mayor of the city of San Juan, Miguel Romero, as well as executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Willianette Robles, among other authorities.
The Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, David Collado, express, “For the country it is vital to continue improving air connectivity; That is why we worked so hard to get the open skies treaty signed with the United States., which allows lines like Arajet to open routes as important as San Juan Puerto Rico., but they are also already offering Chicago, Boston, Orlando, among other new cities in the United States that will be announced and that will impact the arrival of new tourists to the DR.”
«It is a reason for joy for us, This first flight to San Juan, the beginning of our commitment to the Puerto Rican people to offer efficient and more affordable travel options for our passengers, connecting this beautiful sister city with the entire continent, strengthening tourism and cultural exchange between both nations". Pacheco Méndez emphasized.
“We are filled with enthusiasm by the arrival of Arajet at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, further strengthening the air connection between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, one of the busiest markets in the region. Just in the last year, some 700 A thousand passengers traveled between both destinations, a figure that reflects the deep economic relationship, cultural and family that unites us. With these new routes, “We open the door to more opportunities for exchange and growth for both peoples.”, Jorge Hernandez expressed, President of Aerostar Puerto Rico
With the beginning of the operations of this new route, Arajet will give Puerto Ricans the opportunity to connect with 11 destinations of its network through its two operations hubs in Santo Domingo and Punta Cana; from which they can make connections with destinations such as: Aruba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Ecuador, The Savior, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, among others.
Arajet It has an extensive and growing network which projects to close the 2025 with 28 destinations in 17 countries, more of 250 connections in north, Central and South America, managing to interconnect the entire continent at the lowest cost and with the greatest operational security.
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