Delta Air Lines announces it is expanding its service to the Dominican Republic. Delta is adding new nonstop flights between Atlanta and central city Santiago and a New York (JFK) connection to Punta Cana (PUJ) on the East Coast effective 9 December 2006. Bob Cortelyou, Delta’s vice president – Network Planning announced Delta is offering special low fares to mark the start of the flights. Tickets must be purchased by 7 August 2006 and travel must be completed by 31 March 2007. One-way fares, based on a round-trip purchase, are as follows: From JFK to PUJ, one-way fares of US$159. From ATL to STI one way fares of US$199. Taxes, fees and some restrictions apply.
The new routes to the DR mark the fifth increase in service to the island since summer 2004 when Delta inaugurated its first flights between New York and Santo Domingo. With the winter 2006 schedule, Delta will offer seven daily departures between the United States and the Dominican Republic with daily nonstop service between Atlanta and New York-JFK and Santiago, Santo Domingo and Punta Cana, in addition to new daily nonstop service between Atlanta and Puerto Plata (effective 15 December).
Delta highlights that “the DR is one of the fastest growing destinations in the Caribbean thanks to its picturesque white-sand beaches, lively colonial cities and large centers of commerce. The country sits on the second-largest island in the Caribbean and is the home of the oldest colonial city in the New World – Santo Domingo.”