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Tourist cards now bundled into airline ticket

Tourists can practically breeze through the eight international airports in the Dominican Republic now that the US$10 tourist entry fees are being bundled into the airline ticketing price sold online and abroad. The new arrangement went into effect on 25 April 2018. The Dominican Tax Authorities (DGII) says the new system eliminates the queues that …
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Two million Chinese tourists by 2022?

The director of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) in the Dominican Republic, Luis Ernesto Camilo García is optimistic the soon-to-be-signed aviation agreement between the Dominican Republic and the People’s Republic of China could result in an annual flow of two million Chinese travelers to the Dominican Republic by 2022. Around 31 million Chinese tourists traveled …
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Flycana promotes itself as country’s first low cost carrier

Announcing its plans to start flying this 2018, Victor Miguel Pacheco says that Flycana is born from the transformation of the Dominican airline in formation, Dominican Wings. The airline has an advantage. One of the partners of the airline is Viva Air (Viva Colombia, Viva Peru) founder William Shaw. Shaw has stepped down from the …
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JetBlue to fly Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Santiago (STI)

Beginning 1 June 2018, JetBlue starts nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) and Santiago’s Cibao International Airport (STI). The carrier will offer one daily round-trip flight on 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. The flight is in time for peak summer travel. It is JetBlue’s fifth route from Santiago. The Fort Lauderdale new route bolsters …