Air Europa announced bi-weekly flights from Madrid, Spain to Santiago’s Cibao International Airport (STI). The airport is located in Santiago, the Dominican Republic’s second-largest city. Santiago is the country’s cigar capital and a mecca of medical tourism. It is also half an hour away from Puerto Plata’s beaches.
Air Europa’s Juan Jose (Pepe) Hidalgo and Manuel Estrella and Felix Garcia, executives of Cibao International, along with Minister of Tourism David Collado signed the agreement for the flights during the Fitur travel fair in Madrid.
As reported, Hidalgo, recounting the history of the first flights into the International Airport in Puerto Plata in 1986, marveled at the advances taken since then. He noted that there will now be more than 20 weekly flights between the Dominican Republic and Spain.
For his part, Garcia noted that the airport was investing US$500 million in improving the infrastructure of the airline terminal facilities and the extension of the runway.
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Diario Libre
30 January 2024