The Dominican airline Araajet will make its debut in the United States this spring with flights to Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico, a key step to realize its dream of building a Pan American Center in Santo Domingo.
The budget carrier will begin flights to the Miami International Airport (MIA) from the Las Américas International Airport of the Americas of Santo Domingo, on April 11. Then, on June 5, it will add flights to the Luis Muñoz Marín de San Juan International Airport (SJU) from SDQ from SDQ. Both routes will operate six days a week.
Arajet will also link Mia and Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) four days a week from June 13.
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Later, in June, Araajet also plans to connect New York and Santo Domingo. A start date for this route has not yet been provided.
“Starting US operations with flights from these cities is the next step to carry out our vision of the [Dominican Republic] As a new travel center on the continent, “Victor Pacheco, CEO and founder of Araajet, said in a statement.” This is the beginning of our US operations, and these routes will expand tourism in our region, which facilitates travelers. Discover our country and connect with exciting destinations on the islands of the neighboring Caribbean, as well as in Central and South America. “
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Air rates for the new American Routes of Araajet start at $ 84 by route.
Founded in 2022, Araajet wants to develop Santo Domingo, the capital and the largest city in the Dominican Republic, with a connection center that links North America and the South. The airline foresees something similar to that of Copa Airlines “Center of the Americas“At the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City (PTY).
ARAAJET flies a maximum fleet of 737 maxims with 10 737-8 in service and another 20 737-8200 in order. At the end of last year, the carrier served 21 cities in Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America from its bases in Punta Cana and Santo Domingo, according to the scheduled data of the Cirium Aviation Analysis firm.
Araajet faces a tough competition in its American expansion. American Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Dominican Skyhight fly the Domingo de Miami-Santo route, while American, Frontier and Latam fly the Route of Miami-Punta Cana, show of the Cirium schedules. In addition, Frontier, Jetblue and Dominican Skyhight fly the Domingo de San Juan-Santanto route.
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