Dominican Tourism

Santo Domingo.- Civil Aviation Board (JAC) president Luis Paulino Rodriguez announced Friday the conclusion of negotiations on four bilateral air services agreements, for the rights for traffic, capacity, route, frequencies, and shared codes among others, with its pars of the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey and Iceland, whose results are contained in an equal number of memoranda of understanding (MOU).

He said the memos were signed after negotiations, held as part of the activities in the 2nd Aerial Negotiations Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, supported by the International Civil Aviation Organization (OACI). (more…)

SANTO DOMINGO.- The Executive Branch decree which frees local or foreign private aircraft from paying entrance and exit fees if their capacity doesn’t exceed 12 passengers and weigh up to 30,000 pounds will spark tourism, said Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) director Jose Tomás Perez today.

In a statement the IDAC chief said the exemptions will attract air tourists, executives and other high end tourism personalities. He said Dominican Republic occupies a strategic position in international air traffic and one of the Caribbean’s most coveted tourist destinations. (more…)