The Civil Aviation Board justified granting exclusive US route exploitation rights to the grounded state airline, Dominicana Airlines in order to make it easier to find a strategic partner. The freeze on the concession of new rights to Dominican airlines will last seven years. Even if an adequate partner is found, Dominicana Airlines cannot fly to the US until the US government lifts the ban on Dominican airlines. The CAB explained that Resolution 281-99 of 27 August that grants the exclusive rights, doesn’t affect the interests of foreign airlines that would like to fly to the DR, nor of those, either Dominican or foreign that have already been granted permission to exploit routes to the DR. Dominican airlines that already have exploitation rights are: Líneas Aereas Dominicanas, S. A. (Dominair) APA International Taino Airlines Compañía de Aspersiones Aérea, C. or A. (Codeaca) Aerochago S.A. Compañía Dominicana de Aviación Aeromar Airlines, C. por A. Servicios Aéreos Profesionales Jet Expresso, S.A. Aerolíneas Mundo, S.A. A.T. Air Taxi C. por A. Coturisca, C., por A. Aeronaves Dominicanas, C. por A. Caribair, S.A. Air Century Queen Air Aerotour Dominicana Airlines Aerolíneas Santo Domingo Air Atlantic Dominicana Aries Dominicanos Agricultura Aérea Anmy Aeropublicidad US airlines with regular flight exploitation rights: Turk and Caicos Airways (UK) Compañía Panameña de Aviación-Copa (Panama) Executive Airlines Inc. American Eagle (USA) Continental Airlines (USA) American Airlines (USA) Tower Air (USA) Challenge Air Cargo (USA) Trans World Airlines Fine Air Lynx Air International Amerijet International Northwest Airlines Foreign airlines from other countries: ALM Airlines (Holland) Martinair Holland (Holland) Alitalia (Italy) Air Europa (Spain) Iberia (Spanish) Hapag Lloyd Flug (Germany) Condor Gludienst (Germany) Aerolineas Argentinas (Argentina) Cubana de Aviación (Cuba) Línea Aérea Nacional de Chile-Lanchile (Chile) Air Guadaloupe (France) AOM Minerve (France) Air France (France) Aeroservicios Carabobo-Aserca (Venezuela)
