When will DR open for International travel??????

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melphis said:
Air Canada gave us back a refund to our credit card less a $75.00 change fee.
KLM gave my wife back a credit voucher good for 2 years on a cancelled trip from Canada to England.
So long as any airline will give either a voucher or a credit, I'm pretty happy with it.
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Unless the airline goes bankrupt and you are stuck with a worthless voucher. A very real risk right now.
 
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Caonabo said:
September 1st.
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At this point, no earlier than at least 30 days after the virus peaks in the DR..................so September 1st seems a fair estimate.

However, even if they do open for international travel, they are at the mercy of airlines in other countries gaining permission from their respective governments to even fly there.


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Even if they are allowed to, it's going to take some time for the airlines can ramp up. For starters, there's the maintenance. You can't just turn on a plane after it's been sitting. There there's the financial aspects. Airlines, most of them in dire financial positions, are only going to open the routes that are the most profitable to build cash flow. That assumes there are going to be tourists with the money and desire to travel (think job losses and fear of catching it again) ... not trying to be negative, but realistically it's going to take time. Lesser routes like Samana and Puerto Plata will likely take longer than Punta Cana.
 
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AA has many, many planes 'parked' in various cities

Those planes need to be started every day and the tires rolled one full rotation.
That's a lot of work when they're parked in bunched of 50

beeza... got a comment?
I read this about AA
 
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Taylor said:
Even if they are allowed to, it's going to take some time for the airlines can ramp up. For starters, there's the maintenance. You can't just turn on a plane after it's been sitting. There there's the financial aspects. Airlines, most of them in dire financial positions, are only going to open the routes that are the most profitable to build cash flow. That assumes there are going to be tourists with the money and desire to travel (think job losses and fear of catching it again) ... not trying to be negative, but realistically it's going to take time. Lesser routes like Samana and Puerto Plata will likely take longer than Punta Cana.
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Aside from the airlines, think of the AI's that are currently sitting there without routine maintenance on a daily basis.
 
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They will need to restaff.... refurbish...lots of things

Industry - business in general -- will have a difficult reboot

I haven't read one article to the contrary

Those who can weather this shutdown will have a very hard time reentering and restarting their businesses
Not as easy as flinging open the doors and turning on the lights
 
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william webster said:
They will need to restaff.... refurbish...lots of things

Industry - business in general -- will have a difficult reboot

I haven't read one article to the contrary

Those who can weather this shutdown will have a very hard time reentering and restarting their businesses
Not as easy as flinging open the doors and turning on the lights
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On top of all that, any business that targets disposable income---like mine---will have an especially challenging time re-booting.
 
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