Air Santo Domingo has opened offices at the Satellite Airlines Terminal of
42 and 125 of Park Avenue. Air Santo Domingo today flies daily from JF Kennedy
Airport to Las Americas International (AILA) in Santo Domingo. It also operates
a daily flight from AILA to Luís Muñoz Marín Airport in
San Juan, and two daily flights from Herrera in Santo Domingo to Isla Grande
in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Air Santo Domingo was originally an Air Europa affiliate and intended regional
feeder company for Air Europa flights to and from the Dominican Republic. When
the US FAA placed DR aviation in Category 3 and impeded Dominican aircraft to
fly to the US because of safety issues, the original major shareholder chose
to sell the company to Servicios Aereos Profesionales, SAP, a Dominican local
charter company. After continuing the domestic flights for several years, the
company successfully developed the Herrera-San Juan route that offered commuters
easy access by avoiding the half an hour trek to Las Americas International Airport.
In 2002, the airline chose to close down the domestic regular flights and concentrate
on its international routes, coinciding with the announcement that inter-city
Herrera Airport would be relocated.