Open Skies: When can you fly to the United States from the Dominican Republic?

A few hours after the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, announced that he was notified of the completion of the verification process for the entry into force of the Open Skies agreement with the United States, the first three routes that will depart from the country to that nation and Puerto Rico were approved.

The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, revealed the information this Friday in his account of X: “Cielos Abiertos begins to bear fruit, and the US DOT approved the routes to New York, Miami, and Puerto Rico, which Arajet requested almost two years ago, just to enter into force today. This was the vision! Held.

He said that all Dominican airlines can fly to more destinations and increase competitiveness with the U.S. market.

For his part, the airline’s CEO, Arajet, Víctor Pacheco, announced that this first trip could occur between March and June of next year.

“We at @AraJetAirlines are very pleased with the DOT’s approval of our first three routes to #EEUU. We have already started the approval process with the FAA, and if everything goes according to plan, we hope to start flying in the second quarter of 2025,” said the businessman.

“Thank you to President @luisabinader, Minister @DavidColladoM and his entire team for trusting in this project and making #CielosAbiertos possible, and thank you to all our people for continuing to trust us and elect us to connect the entire continent through the Dominican Republic,” he added.