The Dominican flag carrier Arajet has recently announced a rise in its operations throughout the board. The primary big latest route announcement of the 12 months got here in on June 2, when the corporate said it could launch a brand new international service between Santo Domingo’s Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) and São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (GRU). Moreover, the airline has added extra capability and hinted at latest routes. Let’s take a take a look at them.
Latest services
Arajet is a Dominican carrier based in Santo Domingo. The airline employs a fleet of 5 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and reaches, as of June 2023, 17 international destinations across the Latin American and Caribbean region. A few of the company’s largest destinations are Mexico City (NLU), Cancun (CUN), Bogota (BOG), Guatemala City (GUA), and more.
This 12 months, after hinting at many routes (of which we’ll discuss in a bit), Arajet finally announced a brand new route in June. Starting September 21, the Caribbean ultra-low-cost carrier will begin flying to São Paulo Guarulhos in Brazil.
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This route is about to realize great interest from travelers within the region. As an illustration, Arajet has begun announcing Mexico City and Cancun flights to São Paulo via Santo Domingo. The Brazilian city will turn out to be the corporate’s 18th destination. A lot of the company’s routes depart from Santo Domingo. Nevertheless, the airline has also announced flights from Cibao International Airport (STI), including a path to Medellín (MDE), Colombia, which can be launched on July 17.
Increasing capability
Arajet has also announced additional capability on a few of its routes, increasing the variety of seats available per 30 days.
In line with data from Cirium, seven routes will see an increased capability in September 2023 in comparison with June 2023. These routes are all from Santo Domingo to Cartagena (7.7% monthly increase), Cancun (7.1%), Curazao (11.1%), Kingston (5.6%), Mexico City (15.4%), San Salvador (3.8%), and St. Maarten (27.3%).
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In actual fact, starting on September 25, Arajet will begin flying day by day to Mexico City. It should be the one international carrier to operate day by day out and in of the brand new Mexico City Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU).
Arajet will even add capability on its other Mexican path to Cancun International the next month. It should add two additional flights.
What’s next for the Dominican carrier
The airline continues to be waiting to receive latest Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. In March last 12 months, Arajet signed an order for as much as 35 Boeing 737 MAX jets (including 20 firm orders). Once these planes begin to reach, the airline would have the opportunity to extend the capability on the routes it currently operates plus launch more services across the region.
Nonetheless, Arajet has not ceased hinting at routes it could like to operate, including destinations in the US and Canada. Earlier this 12 months, we reported Arajet requesting the Department of Transportation authorization to launch flights by the top of 2023 to 3 destinations in the US, Latest York, Miami, and San Juan.
In a recent interview with a Dominican media outlet, Arajet’s CEO, Víctor Pacheco Méndez, also said the corporate is working towards launching latest routes to Toronto (YYZ), Santiago de Chile (SCL), and Buenos Aires (EZE). There was no formal announcement for these routes thus far.
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