Luis Rodriguez, administrator of the La Romana International Airport, clarified for DR1 Daily News that the Transglobal charter that flew into the airport last week was the not the first charter flight the airport has received. He said that the first charter was that of Lauda Air Italy that arrived on 18 December 2000. The airport today receives 17 weekly charter flights from Italy, Belgium, England, Canada and the United States. That is in addition to 21 weekly scheduled flights from San Juan, Puerto Rico and Miami by American Eagle and American Airlines. Flights arriving to the airport are SkyService and AirTransat from Toronto Canada; Royal from Winnipeg, Canada; Canada3000 from Canada; Sobelair from Brussels, Belgium; Eurofly and Lauda Air from Milan, Italy; Airtours from London, England; Ryan from Minneapolis, USA; North American from Boston, USA. (7 February 2001)
