Travel for the first half of the year to the Dominican Republic was up 4.8%. There were some 7,939,942 air arrivals and departures from January to June 2019, as reported by the Statistics Division of the Dominican Civil Aviation Board (JAC). An additional 362,800 passengers were transported this year.
Over the first six months of the year, March stands out with a record 1,475,731 passengers. January was the second busiest month, with 1,424,799 passengers.
Punta Cana International was the busiest airport, with 4,238,800 passengers mobilized through the terminal.
The airlines servicing the most passengers to and from the Dominican Republic were JetBlue, American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines.
Luis Ernesto Camilo, president of the JAC, said that the good news is that new routes continue to be added from destinations all around the world. He announced that West Jet will be flying from Calgary to Punta Can and Finnair will be flying from Helsinki to Punta Cana.
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Civil Aviation Board
16 July 2019