In January 2023, a total of 51 airlines operated on regular flights to/from the Dominican Republic and 108 airlines did so on charter or non-scheduled flights, for a total of 159, according to the information collected by Infotur Dominicano based on the data provided by the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) which showed that 56 countries were connected through a little more than 17 thousand operations.
JetBlue Airways, the busiest airline in the Dominican Republic, carried a total of 265,272 passengers in January 2023, equivalent to 17% of the total. Nine of the ten busiest airlines in January 2023 are based in the US (6) or Canada (3). Copa, based in Panama, was the only North American one, positioning itself as the sixth busiest in January 2023 with 93,282 passengers, 6% of the total.
Similarly, Infotur Dominicano learned that, in January 2023, a total of 314 air routes were exploited, of which 142 were on regular flights and 172 on charter flights.
N. America/Central America and the Caribbean/S. America/Europe/Asia
New York was the busiest connection with the 225,730 passengers carried, accounting for 14% of the total. Most of its passenger traffic connected the country through the airports of Las Americas and Del Cibao, and to a lesser extent, Punta Cana and Puerto Plata.
The busiest Latin American connections were Tocumen and Bogotá, with 93,282 and 47,868 passengers, respectively, and the busiest European connection, Madrid, mobilized a total of 72,202 passengers, representing 5% of the total and about a third of all Europe.
Most operations were conducted on A320 aircraft with a total of 1,861, followed by operations on B738 aircraft with 1,730; followed by B739 aircraft with 1,333; A321 aircraft with 1,124 and B38M with 966. Mondays are the days with the highest number of operations with 2,703, followed by Sundays with 2,591 and Tuesdays with 2,558.
With 7,569 operations, North America is the region with the highest volume of operations, followed by flights connecting with Central America and the Caribbean with 7,028, then flights connecting with South America with 1,546, Europe with 953, and Asia with six.
Figures for the domestic Dominican airlines show Arajet with 412 operations (entry and exit), followed by Sky High Aviation Services Dominicana with 337; Air Century with 166, and RED Air with 122 stops on scheduled flights.
Source:
Infotur Dominicano
