Plus Ultra of Spain last week became the first airline to connect Santiago’s Cibao International Airport with Madrid’s Barajas International Airport. Santiago is the second largest city in the Dominican Republic.
The inaugural flight landed on Saturday, 17 December at the Cibao International Airport (STI) in Santiago. This is the first transatlantic flight to land in Santiago.
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas operates the flights in conjunction with Grupo Consolidador Aéreo y Mayorista de Viajes VDT.
The Plus Ultra flights from Madrid are scheduled for 17 December and 21 December 2022 on the Madrid-Santiago route and on 13 January and 20 January 2023 on the Santiago-Santo Domingo-Madrid stretch.
The Plus Ultra flight is a historic milestone for the air transport company and the tourism of the north of the country.
The inaugural flight landed at 3:46pm from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport with 268 Dominican and foreign passengers who arrived in time to celebrate Christmas in the Dominican Republic.
Speaking at the inaugural event celebration, engineer Félix María García, president of the Cibao Airport board of directors, highlighted the importance of the flight. He says it marks the start of a new push for routes that contribute to the economic and tourist development of the central Santiago area.
David Blázquez, corporate sales director in Madrid for Plus Ultra Airlines, highlighted the efforts of the Cibao Airport authorities and Grupo VTD that made the direct flights a reality.
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Noticias SIN
20 December 2022