A report in the Listín Diario newspaper indicates that by the end of the year, United Airlines could be flying to the Dominican Republic. The announcement was made by Henry Williams Azar, whose Caribe, S.A. is the airline’s representative in the Dominican Republic. From July 1997, the airline has maintained a sales office in the country through Caribe, S.A. Azar explained that United’s Chicago planning department and the airline’s regional office in Miami are considering initiating a United flight to Santo Domingo from San Juan, Miami and New York. The airline would use a Boeing 757, with capacity for 188, and a Boeing 767 with capacity for 206 for the flights. The flight to the DR responds to requests made by Dominican travel agencies. United has alliances with Air Canada, Thai Airlines, Varig, SAS, Lufthansa, Ansett and Air New Zealand, that would offer better connections for travel throughout the world. United would also better serve the Midwest of the United States (Illinois, Michigan). At present U.S. travel to the DR is affected by the high cost of airline service, given the reduced number of major carriers flying to this destination.
