The Dominican Republic becomes the first Caribbean nation to fully accept electronically-submitted flight plans for departing flights. The new system is currently in place at Las Americas International Airport, Gregorio Luperon International Airport, and Cibao International Airport.
Alejandro Herrera, director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) and Kennedy Wilson, president of FltPlan.com agreed when meeting on 13 April at the 2018 Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida to fully implement the facility at the country’s five remaining airports by the end of April 2018. These are the Punta Cana International Airport, the La Romana International Airport, the northern Santo Domingo La Isabela International Airport, Samana’s El Catey International Airport and Barahona’s Maria Montez International Airport.
“Electronic flight planning will save time, improve efficiency, and ensure that flight plans comply with Dominican filing requirements,” said Ken Wilson, president of FltPlan.com. “We are excited about this partnership with IDAC and thank Jim Parker of Caribbean Flying Adventures for facilitating this venture. I believe this will serve as a template for other countries in the Caribbean, Central, and South America looking to modernize their flight planning systems.”
FltPlan was established in 1991 and has grown into the largest flight planning company in North America. FltPlan’s 165,000-plus active, registered users file more than 55% of all N#-registered flight plans. The FltPlan system includes free, web-based flight planning and filing integrated with the free FltPlan Go mobile app for iOS, Android and Windows devices, along with a full range of premium services including SMS, Pre-Departure Clearances (PDCs), eAPIS and APIS for Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean, Premium Flight Tracking, a DCM Call Sign Program, Handling Services, and Runway Analysis. Recent product introductions include FltPlan Manager and FltLogic flight scheduling.
There are expectations that the move will enable the Dominican Republic to receive a large part of the more than 40,000 private flights made annually from the United States to Latin America. Herrera explained that not only would these private planes land at the eight international airports in the country, they would also land at the different aerodromes leading to a considerable increase in private tourism.
Present at the signing were also the president of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC), Luis Ernesto Camilo, Marino Collante, director of the Airport Authority, General Aracelis Castillo de la Cruz, director of the Specialized Corps of Airport Security (CESAC), Cheo Zorrilla, deputy director of IDAC and Doctor José Valdez, legal consultant.
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24 April 2018
