Summary
- Santo Domingo to Santiago de Chile covers 3,564 miles (5,736 km) and has a block time of 8h.
- It is going to soon be eclipsed in distance and time by the launch of Buenos Aires in mid-November.
- Arajet, which goals to emulate Copa when it comes to connectivity, can have three destinations in lower South America this yr, with São Paulo also served.
The world has a brand new very long Boeing 737 MAX route. It is due to Arajet, which inaugurated Santo Domingo to Santiago de Chile on October twenty ninth, the day airlines in Northern Hemisphere switched to winter schedules. At a large 3,564 miles (5,736 km) – almost so far as Paris CDG to Latest York JFK – it’s Arajet’s longest service. The launch got here shortly after it introduce Toronto.
Welcome, Santiago!
Santiago de Chile was Santo Domingo’s largest unserved South American market in the primary eight months of 2023. In accordance with booking data, there have been about 28,000 roundtrip passengers, with most individuals flying via Panama City with Copa.
Served three weekly exclusively by – what else? – Arajet’s 185-seat, two-class 737 MAX 8s, the brand-new route is scheduled as follows, with all times local:
- Santo Domingo-Santiago: DM187, 18:00-03:00+1 (8h block)
- Santiago-Santo Domingo: DM188, 04:35-11:35 (8h)
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For instance, passengers flying between Chile and Montreal have a 1h 25m wait within the Dominican Republic and 1h 20m on the way in which back. The issue isn’t this but moderately the relative lack of flights – on this case, twice-weekly. (Other flights don’t connect on a two-way basis.)
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Buenos Aires is coming
When writing on October thirty first, Arajet serves two cities in lower South America: São Paulo (introduced on September twenty first) and Santiago.
They’ll be joined by Buenos Aires on November 14th, which is able to grow to be the carrier’s longest route by distance (3,734 miles, 6,010 km) and block time (as much as 8h 15m). It has an identical length to London Heathrow-Detroit.
Photo: Daniel Martínez Garbuno | Easy Flying
Served three weekly (the identical as the prevailing routes), the Argentine capital can have an identical schedule for connectivity reasons:
- Santo Domingo-Buenos Aires: DM333, 17:55-03:05+1 (8h 10m)
- Buenos Aires-Santo Domingo: DM334, 04:25-11:40 (8h 15m)
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