Delta Airlines Makes Dominican Republic its Fourth Largest Destination

Dominican Republic is Delta Airlines’ fourth largest destination, with 7 daily flights to Las Americas, Punta Cana, Puerto Plata and Santiago airports, a combination that makes the country an important market for the U.S.-based company.

Two and a half years ago that company began operations in the country and did so because of the economic and political stability, tourism development and the improved airports structures. For those reasons announced the June 7 start of direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Santo Domingo.

Outside United States territory, according to the number of destinations and flights, Dominican Republic is only outdone by Mexico, Canada and Germany. Delta’s planes fly three times daily to Santo Domingo, twice to Punta Cana –one of the Caribbean’s major tourism destinations- once to Puerto Plata and once to Santiago.

With an aggressive policy, the airline plans to conquest a market in which it has had to make a megabuck investment to compete with other airlines. However, Delta has managed to reach near a 70 percent occupancy average, about 700 or 800 passengers a day.