The Punta Cana International Airport (AIPC) incorporated 79 monthly flights on seven new routes and on others that already existed, and the frequency was increased, between August 2020 and the first week of January 2022.
What’s more reported the reactivation of seven routes canceled due to the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism activity.
The AIPC leadership reported in a press release that The new routes include the Russian cities Kazan, Novosibirsk, Ufa, Rostov Oblast and Krasnoyarsk, of the airlines Ikar Airlines and Azur Air, with three monthly flights from each city.
In addition, for the United States 4 weekly American Airlines flights originating in the city of Austin, Texas, and a weekly Frontier Airlines flight from Atlanta, Georgia.
They also started frequency to Punta Cana Tap Portugal with three weekly flights from Lisbon, Portugal; Swoop with three weekly flights from Toronto, Canada; Air Belgium with 2 flights per week from Brussels, Belgium; and Sky Airlines Peru with three flights per week departing from Lima, Peru, the note details.
Reactivation
The airlines that reactivated their flights in the same period are Royal Flight Airlines, with two to five weekly flights from Moscow, Russia; Aeroflot with three to four flights per week also from the Russian capital; Tui Netherlands with two weekly from Amsterdam, Holland; Tui Airways, with six weekly flights that connect the English cities London, Manchester and Birmingham with Punta Cana; Gol Transportes Aéreos with three flights per week from Sao Paulo, Brazil; Level with one flight per week from Barcelona, ​​Spain; and Corsair, with three flights a week to Paris, Orly.
Assessment
Frank ElÃas Rainieri, president and CEO of Grupo Puntacana, commented that The new flights and the resumption of other suspended ones show that the acceptance of important markets in the Dominican tourist offer continues and particularly in what Punta Cana offers.
He also stated that this response from the airlines expresses confidence in the quality of the services offered by the Punta Cana International Airport and its success as the main terminal in the Caribbean region.
He recalled that in the last annual evaluation survey of Dominican tourist services carried out by the Central Bank, the facilities of the Punta Cana International Airport gained 72.4% as excellent and 22.6% as very good and 3.9% as good, for a consolidated of 98.9% and in services 99.7%.
About the airport
The Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) was inaugurated in 1983, it is the first private airfield for international commercial use in the world, the one with the highest traffic in the Dominican Republic and the one with the greatest connectivity in the Caribbean. It connects 64 cities and 26 countries around the world and moves around eight million passengers a year.
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