2001 Travel News Archive – Page 9

The North Coast is readying itself for one of its most outstanding annual events, the Puerto Plata Jazz Festival. The event kicks off on Thursday, 4 October at the Playa Dorada and ends on Saturday, 6 in Cabarete. The schedule is as follows: Thursday, 4 October. Playa Dorada. Manny Oquendo (Cuba-USA), Rene Marie (USA) and …

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Minister of Tourism Ramon Alfredo Bordas announced the start of operations of Mexicana de Aviacion from Cancun. The Mexicana schedule starts 5 November. The airline will fly Mexico City-Cancun-Santo Domingo three times a week. Bordas also announced that Aerocontinente, a Peruvian airline, would start new flights to Santo Domingo. These are Lima-Santo Domingo-Miami and Lima-Santo …

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The Commission for Public Enterprise Reform (CREP)has chosen Aeropostal, otherwise known as Consorcio Dominicano 2001, to privatize Dominicana Airlines. Rafael Montilla Martinez, president of CREP, said that the company bid US$10.2 million for the airline, the minimum set by the CREP. The company was the only one that qualified for the tender. The privatization stipulates …

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El Caribe reports that airline traffic is gradually getting back to normal. Ellis Perez, director of communications for Aerodom, said it is normal for US travellers to be reticent to fly, but he believes the shock will not last long. He said flights to Santo Domingo airport are gradually resuming normalcy. In Puerto Plata, which …

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