2023 Travel News Archive – Page 14

With summer here, it’s the time to be adventurous and discover some of the ecological attractions of the Dominican Republic. Lauren Jimenez writes in Listin Diario about several little-known water falls, springs and lagoons that are especially attractive during these scorching summer months. Jimenez focuses on the ecotourism sites that are located in San Cristóbal, …

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The Dominican Republic will soon have a non-stop flight from Santo Domingo (SDQ) to Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) in Georgetown, Guyana, South America. President Luis Abinader this June 2023 was in Georgetown with a Dominican business mission and flew in on Skycana. President Abinader and President Mohamed Irlaan Ali of Guyana signed an Air …

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Air Canada has added new seasonal direct flights to La Romana’s Casa de Campo International Airport from Montreal. The new flights are: Montreal (YUL) to La Romana (LRM) on Sunday, departing Montreal at 9:10am and arriving at 3:10pm. The flights begin 17 December 2023. The return flight from LRM to YUL is on Sunday, departing …

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From June to August 2023, Iberia will operate a daily nonstop flight between Barajas International in Madrid (MAD) and Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International (SDQ). The flight lasts shortly over 8 hours and a half. The airline has programmed 420 flights for the summer season. Read more in Spanish:Arecoa 6 June 2023

Air Europa has announced it has added a flight that allows its passengers to connect New York and Santo Domingo. The airline will be using one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner that traditionally operate between Madrid and New York and then continues on to Santo Domingo. Two weekly frequencies are programmed but these could be …

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Expect new flights to Ecuador destinations in the near future. Already, Arajet has a non-stop flight from Las Americas International (SDQ) to the Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) that serves Quito, Ecuador. The aviation agreement is expected to boost an expansion of international air services between both countries. The agreement allows the airlines, designated by …

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The Dominican Republic will host the Third ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium in 2024. The DR was chosen when participating in the second global symposium on the air navigation industry, from 30 May to 1 June 2023 in Seoul, Korea, with civil aviation authorities from around the world. The event was attended by 193 countries. …

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A local investor group announced operations will start this year at the Nisibon AirPark, part of a major real estate and touristic project under construction in Nisibón, La Altagracia province. The domestic airfield located in Las Lagunas de Nisibón RD-3, Carretera Bávaro-Miches is about 50 km north of Punta Cana International Airport and about 30 …

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Environment Minister invited actress Nashla Bogaert and film director Jose Maria Cabral (Island of Plastics documentary), two local film stars active in conservation, to the signing of the order that bans foam and single-user plastics from Saona Island (Cotubanamá National Park) and Catalina Island in La Altagracia and La Romana provinces. The Ministry of Environment …

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The Ministry of Environment announced it has authorized the construction of the Pedernales international airport. The airport calls for the construction of a two-level passenger terminal and a runway of 3,100 meters long and 45 meters wide. The airport is key to the development of the new beach areas in the southwestern province. The closest …

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