You mean the date of the Hoy newspaper where the story was published?Anyone bothered to look at the date I posted this?
What marketing geniuses came up with Red Air. Sounds like a cold war era Soviet airline 🤣🤣
Could have been a digital error and not in the print version. The articles are placed with a ref tag, maybe someone's hand slipped on the mouse or key board. But that name Red Air 😂I've seen US news websites do this. Alongside the main article, they'll have other articles of interest and several will be a couple months old. I guess they put them there to fill up space on a slow news day(?).
Hmmm, as Columbo said... "Just one more thing..."Surely this is an error. I thought they only had two planes and after the last incident were not allowed to return to Miami. There is nothing about this in a Google.Seach other than.the 2022 incident
Don't forget they need a visa to enter .The entire purpose of Red Air is to get Venezuelans out of Caracas to the USA. Direct flights between the two countries currently aren't allowed, so they are using the DR since there are no prohibitions of DR-USA flights and DR-Venezuela flights.
I don't know if this is still the case, but Red Air was "selling" flights from the DR to the USA and Venezuela without being possible to buy a ticket in the DR. You had to be in Venezuela. Ahem... Given that, I will not be surprised if Venezuelans made up most or all of the passengers.
Case in point, for Dominicans this isn't a serious airline.
Hmmm, as Columbo said... "Just one more thing..."
Who, in their right mind, would step aboard an old MD-80, the former DC-9? I’d rather walk down the Puerto Plata Malecon on a Friday night with a gold Rolex on my wrist.
It's all about maintenance. I have flown on DC-3s multiple times with MFI (Missionary Flights International). Never an issue and no misc parts falling off on the tarmac. I stopped using them in 2011 but checking their website, the 2 DC-3s they have are still up and running!!Who, in their right mind, would step aboard an old MD-80, the former DC-9? I’d rather walk down the Puerto Plata Malecon on a Friday night with a gold Rolex on my wrist.
One of our iconic folk singers, Stan Rogers, died in a fire onboard an Air Canada DC-9 years ago. The fire started in the bathroom when someone smoked a cigarette and didn’t extinguish it. The pilots managed to land the aircraft at Cincinnati airport but the fire had spread through the cabin area. A horrible way to die. They were dependable aircraft in their day but I’m not comfortable flying in them now.It's all about maintenance. I have flown on DC-3s multiple times with MFI (Missionary Flights International). Never an issue and no misc parts falling off on the tarmac. I stopped using them in 2011 but checking their website, the 2 DC-3s they have are still up and running!!