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Dominican Republic Tourism Just Had Its Best December Ever

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Even amid the pandemic, the Dominican Republic’s tourism industry just posted its best-ever December.  The news was revealed by Dominican Republic Tourism Minister David Collado in an end-of-year briefing.  A total of 728,335 visitors came to the Dominican Republic last […]

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Dominican Republic Tourism Is Breaking Pre-Pandemic Records

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Tourism in the Dominican Republic set yet another record last month, with a total of 519,349 tourist arrivals.  Fo the year, the country has reported 4.263 million tourist arrivals, according to Tourism minister David Collado.  The November total was a […]

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Air Canada Is Launching a New Route to the Dominican Republic

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Canada is one of the biggest source markets for tourism in the Dominican Republic.  Until now, though, the vast majority of Canadian travelers have touched down in the travel hotspot of Punta Cana.  Now, however, a new destination is emerging […]

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Spirit Airlines Launches Haiti, Dominican Republic Flights From Miami

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Spirit Airlines has launched its first-ever Caribbean flights from Miami International Airport.  The low-cost carrier kicked off its new slots in Miami with a pair of new Caribbean routes: nonstop service to both Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Port-au-Prince in […]


Spirit Relaunches Three More Routes to the Caribbean

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Spirit Airlines has relaunched three routes to the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The low-cost carrier has restarted daily service from Orlando to Cancun, along with service to both Punta Cana and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.  The Punta […]


New Dominican Republic-Martinique Flights

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Caribbean carrier Sky High Aviation Services has launched its first-ever service to Martinique.  The carrier is now operating two flights each week between Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Fort-de-France, Martinique.  They service is running on Mondays and Thursdays, according to […]

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Spirit Airlines Planning Major Caribbean Expansion from Miami

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Spirit Airlines is expanding to Miami International Airport, and that means a wave of new flights to the carrier’s wheelhouse in the Caribbean. Crucially, it will represent an expansion — meaning it will supplement Spirit’s existing service at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International […]


Air France Is Expanding Its Caribbean Flights This Summer

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Air France is expanding its service to the Caribbean this summer, Caribbean Journal has learned.  That will include up to 14 weekly flights from Paris-Orly Airport to both Guadeloupe and Martinique.  Air France will also be flying up to seven […]


What’s Next for American Airlines in the Caribbean?

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People are starting to travel again. And while the numbers are, unsurprisingly, not what they were at the beginning of last year, there seems to be growing optimism in the travel industry — particularly the all-important aviation sector, with increased vaccination […]

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Jetair Launches Curaçao-Dominican Republic Flights

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Curaçao-based airline startup Jetair has launched its third route in the Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned. The carrier kicked off its new flights between Curaçao and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic this week, with one weekly flight on Sundays between the […]


American Airlines Is Launching a New Route to the Dominican Republic

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American Airlines is launching flights to its newest Caribbean destination: the Samana peninsula of the Dominican Republic, Caribbean Journal has learned.  In June, the world’s largest airline will kick off its first-ever route to Samana with twice weekly flights out […]


Eastern Airlines Set to Launch New Dominican Republic Flights

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The newest iteration of Eastern Airlines is set to launch new nonstop flights to the Dominican Republic later this month, Caribbean Journal has learned.  On Feb. 27, Eastern will kick off a new route between Miami and Santo Domingo, the […]