2000 Travel News Archive – Page 32

Alex Santana, director of Aerodom, expressed his concern that at the same time that the government was privatizing the Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo main airports, and Arroyo Barril (Samana) and Maria Montez (Barahona), it had the opening of new airports in plans. Santana said that the Aerodom feasibility studies did not take into consideration …

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Las Americas International Airport will be a totally different airport in 60 days, says Alex Santana, director of Aerodom, the company that has the contract to run the nation’s most important airport. Santana says that the company already has invested US$15 million in repairs. Both travelers and the airline companies operating from the airport will …

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Continental Airlines resumed nonstop daily service to Newark International Airport from Puerto Plata’s Gregorio Luperón International Airport yesterday, 14 June. The airline is operating with a Boeing 737-700 aircraft equipped with 12 first class and 112 economy class seats. Continental also flies nonstop daily to Newark from Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport. Puerto Plata …

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American Eagle, the American Airlines commuter airline, announced new service from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo starting 1 November. American Eagle will operate one daily round-trip flight using the airline’s largest aircraft, the 64-seat Super ATR. Jacques Vachon, president of American Eagle in the Caribbean said that the flight will benefit the business community …

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American Eagle, the Caribbean’s leading commuter airline, announced it has plans to start charter flights to the Maria Montez International Airport in Barahona from San Juan, Puerto Rico starting this July. This would mark the start of scheduled flights into that southwestern airport. Galo Beltran, sales director for the Caribbean, Jose Machado, vice president and …

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Administración de Hoteles, S.A. and Casa Marina Hotels and Resorts have merged to form Amhsa-Marina, creating one of the leading hotel companies in the Caribbean. Oscar Peña will be the president of the new organization. The group now has 12 hotels, and 3,058 hotel rooms located in Puerto Plata, Samana, and San Pedro de Macorís …

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