In order to promote the sector, improve trade and generate new opportunities in commercial aviation for the country's productive sectors, the president of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC), José Ernesto Marte Piantini, reported on the progress of the negotiations for air transport services with the Government of Jamaica.
“The negotiations with the Civil Aviation Authority of Jamaica will allow the establishment of new and more operations to and from Dominican territory, and with this, continue with the objective of increasing the country's connectivity,” reported the president of the organization.
In that sense, the official reiterated that the negotiations on commercial aviation with the Government of Jamaica will boost the services of national and foreign operators, thus giving Dominican travelers more options to visit.
“We are convinced that these negotiations will be very beneficial for the sector, since these are negotiations that will cover multiple issues related to passenger and cargo air transport services,” he said.
He specified that both countries (Dominican Republic and Jamaica) have great interest in rapidly progressing the negotiations, which is why a virtual work schedule has been established.
The Dominican delegation was made up of Eng. Antonio Yapor, member of the JAC plenary session and president of the Air Services Agreements Commission; Dr. Paola Aimée Plá Puello, secretary of the plenary session; María Luisa Hernández, coordinator of International Agreements and Juberkis Luciano Familia, in charge of the Air Transport Department of the JAC.
The Jamaican delegation was represented by Leroy Lindsay, chairman of the Air Policy Committee; Michelle Walker, Deputy Attorney General; Karen Thompson, Research Manager, Civil Aviation Authority of Jamaica; Tanya Bedward, Principal Director of the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport; Jodi Munn-Barrow, Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport; Chenee Russell-Robinson- Manager, Air Policy Secretariat of the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transportation; Shama Campbell- International Policy Officer, Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport.
During the third ordinary session of this year, the members of the plenary session learned of the request for new special permits to incorporate new operations into Dominican territory, reported the president of the JAC, after learning of the request from SKY HIGH AVIATION SERVICES, SUNWING AIRLINES, DELTA AIR LINES, FRONTIER. and UNITED PARCEL SERVICE.
In this sense, the plenary session heard the request for a Special Permit from the national air operator SKY HIGH AVIATION SERVICES, to operate 79 round-trip flights, from March 19 to September 18, 2024, with a frequency of three flights per week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays on the Santo Domingo/El Salvador/Santo Domingo route.
He also learned of the request for another Special Permit from the foreign air operator SUNWING AIRLINES, to fly on the routes: Newark/Punta Cana/Newark; Buffalo/Punta Cana/Buffalo; Detroit/Punta Cana/Detroit; Detroit/Punta Cana/Cincinnati; Detroit/Punta Cana/Detroit; Cincinnati/Punta Cana/Cincinnati and Cincinnati/Punta Cana/Cincinnati, from February 17, 2024 to April 7, 2024.
Likewise, the members of the organization learned of the request of the foreign air operator FRONTIER, to operate 202 round-trip flights on the routes: Cleveland / Punta Cana / Orlando; Orlando/Punta Cana/Cleveland; Philadelphia/Punta Cana/St. Louis; St. Louis /Punta Cana /Philadelphia ; San Juan/Punta Cana/Cleveland; San Juan /Punta Cana /St. Louis; St. Louis /Punta Cana /San Juan and Cleveland /Punta Cana /San Juan, during the period from the 1st. from February to April 15, 2024.
Likewise, they learned of DELTA AIR LINES' requests to carry out flights on the routes: Fort Myers/Santo Domingo/Atlanta; Atlanta/Santo Domingo/Fort Myer and Sarasota/Santo Domingo/Atlanta, from March 8, 2024 to March 10, 2024.
Finally, the members of the plenary session learned of the request for a Special Permit from UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, to carry out cargo flights on the San Juan/Santo Domingo/Miami route, starting on March 4, 2024.