The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) has authorized five airlines to launch 13 new routes starting November 2022 through January 2023, Simple Flying reports. Condor (Germany), Neos (Italy), Swoop (Canada), Frontier (United States) and Air Century (Dominican Republic) are authorized to transport passengers, cargo and mail to the 13 new direct destinations.
Condor received permission to fly between Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) and La Romana International Airport (LRM). Condor already flies from Frankfurt (FRA) to Puerto Plata (POP) and Punta Cana (PUJ), totaling seven flights per week according to Cirium. Condor will operate these services between 4 November 2022 and 7 April 2023.
Milan, Italy-based Neos is authorized to operate flights between Rome Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) and Verona International Airport (VRN) to La Romana. The airline already flies from Milan’s Malpensa International Airport (MXP) to La Romana once a week. Neos will operate 21 flights on the Rome/La Romana route and 14 on the Verona/La Romana/Montego Bay route for 35 roundtrip flights from 4 November 2022 to 25 March 2023.
The Canadian low-cost carrier Swoop received authorization to operate between Hamilton International Airport (YHM) and Punta Cana. Swoop will operate weekly Wednesday flights from 11 January 2023 to 26 April 2023. This airline already flies from Toronto to Punta Cana with two weekly services.
Frontier, the United States ultra-low-cost carrier, has been authorized to fly Tampa-Santo Domingo and Tampa-Punta Cana. The start of these routes from Tampa International Airport (TPA) is projected for 5 November 2022.
Dominican airline Air Century received authorization to launch seven new international routes. Six frequencies will be operated from Santo Domingo International Airport (SDQ) and one from Punta Cana (PUJ). The destinations of these new routes are Guatemala (GUA), Tampa (TPA), Costa Rica (the government did not specify if the route will fly to San José or Liberia, Costa Rica’s main destinations), Havana (HVA), Santiago de Cuba (SCU), and Miami (MIA). The Miami route will be operated from Santo Domingo and Punta Cana. These routes will be launched in November 2022.
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Simple Flying
6 September 2022