Air Atlantic has announced it will fly to New York from Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata. At present, only American Airlines serves the New York-Puerto Plata route. Air Atlantic, a low-cost carrier, will become a lower-cost alternative. The airline already offers bargain fares on their flights to Miami. Carlos Chevalier, general manager of the company, said that the Santo Domingo-New York-Santo Domingo flights will be carried out on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The airline will fly to New York from Puerto Plata on Thursday and Saturday. The airline also expects to commence flights to Canada and Europe in the future.