Dominican Republic-based Arajet was chosen as the Start-up Airline of the Year during the prestigious CAPA Aviation Awards for Excellence at the CAPA World Aviation Summit & Awards for Excellence in Abu Dhabi on 28/29 November 2023. The airline, based at Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, competed with around 20 new airlines for the award. Arajet began operations in September 2022, operating as an ultra low-cost airline with an initial fleet of five Boeing 737-8 aircraft.
Arajet is financially backed by experienced global aviation investors in Bain Capital Special Situations and Griffin Global Asset Management. The airline also has the support of the Dominican government and Vinci Airports.
The airline flies to destinations in the Americas as far north as Toronto and Montreal in Canada and Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile in South America. The airline is constantly adding destinations in the Americas. It flies extensively to destinations in Central America and the Caribbean. It has applied to fly to the United States.
Arajet announced in a press release that it was selected among more than 20 airlines that have started operations in the last three years and based on having been the most innovative among all new airlines and the one with the most significant impact on the aviation industry globally.
The winners of CAPA Aviation Awards 2023 were:
• Airline/Airline Group of the Year: Alaska Airlines
• Low Cost Airline of the Year: Jet2.com
• Regional Airline of the Year: SunExpress
• Airline Turnaround of the Year: Avianca
• Start-up Airline of the Year: Arajet
• Large Airport of the Year: London Gatwick Airport
• Medium Airport of the Year: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
• Small Airport of the Year: Querétaro Intercontinental Airport
• Airline Executive of the Year: Air France CEO Anne Rigail
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Diario Libre
5 December 2023