United Airlines has responded to JetBlue Airways’ recent application to launch service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic from May 1 by applying to operate the route itself, from this summer.

Read more

Caribbean regional carrier Seaborne Airlines is launching twice-daily, non-stop service on March 15 from its base at San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport to Santiago de los Caballeros, the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic.

Read more

This spring Air Canada’s leisure-carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rouge, is taking over eight routes previously operated by Air Canada from Toronto and Montreal to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, The Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Cancun and Tampa.

Read more

The agreement will see Etihad Airways place its ‘EY’ code on JetBlue Airways-operated flights, initially facilitating connections between the two airlines at New York JFK and Washington Dulles International Airport.

Read more

Sunrise Airways has received approval from Haiti’s Civil Aviation Authority and the Dominican Republic’s Junta de Aviacion Civil to operate regular charter flights between Port-Au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport and La Isabela International Airport near Santo Domingo.

Read more

In addition to the 14 routes which Air Canada’s new leisure-airline brand will serve from July 1, Air Canada rouge will add seasonal flights operating from October through March to another 13 sunspot destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida and Southwestern U.S. for “snowbird” winter-season leisure travelers.

Read more

AirTran Airways will begin operating both routes this spring and will operate four round-trips a week on each of the two routes.

Read more

As the operational merger of AirTran Airways into Southwest Airlines continues, Southwest is taking over service from subsidiary AirTran at four more U.S. cities in the spring of 2013.

Read more

From November 14, 2012, JetBlue Airways – which says it operates more flights in and out of the Dominican Republic than any other carrier – will launch twice-weekly round-trips between New York JFK and Samaná El Catey International Airport, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Read more

Delta plans to launch new or expanded service to 10 destinations in the Caribbean, Bermuda and Florida from New York LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, continuing its program of service expansion in New York. The new flights will begin in late 2012 and early 2013.

Read more

JetBlue Airways has begun twice-weekly service to La Romana, its fifth destination in the Dominican Republic and its 67th destination overall.

Read more

Delta Air Lines is adding 12 new daily flights to 11 domestic and Caribbean destinations from New York JFK and New York LaGuardia in spring and summer 2012.

Read more

Seasonal service to Portland International Airport will begin on May 26, while JetBlue Airways plans to begin the only nonstop service from Boston Logan to Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic on June 17.

Read more

The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. has accepted new member hotels in Bahrain, Egypt, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States, Barbados and the Dominican Republic.

Read more

The 121-acre property is located on Macao Beach and opens on November 1, becoming the first all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. A rock ‘n’ roll grand opening event is slated for January 2011.

Read more

AirTran Airways is planning to expand its Caribbean scheduled-service network with new, twice-weekly service between Atlanta and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic from February 16, 2011.

Read more

Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic has been named the American Cultural Capital for 2010 by the organization American Capital of Culture.

Read more

WestJet is launching new daily seasonal service to Bermuda, as well as new weekly seasonal services to Samaná and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

Read more

From May 3, 2010, JetBlue Airways will boost its Caribbean flight schedule substantially from Boston Logan International Airport, offering Boston travelers 25 per cent more departures to six destinations.

Read more