Arajet To Connect Toronto With South American Destinations Through Santo Domingo
Last week, Dominican ultra-low-cost carrier Arajet announced it would launch a new international route between Santo Domingo Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) and Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Canada. This route will start on October 24. Today, the airline added that passengers flying on this new service could connect further to other Latin American and Caribbean destinations through easy short stopovers in the Dominican Republic.
Extra connectivity
By employing Santo Domingo as a low–cost hub in the Caribbean, Arajet is looking to replicate (albeit offering low-cost fares) Copa Airlines’ success in Panama City’s Tocumen International. Arajet is slowly offering short stopovers and selling flight segments like Mexico City-Sao Paulo via Santo Domingo.
The airline is now looking to increase its connectivity. Arajet announced the sale of its connecting flights from Pearson International Airport in Toronto to Cartagena (CTG), Medellín (MDE), Aruba (AUA), Curaçao (CUR) Sint Maarten (SXM), Kingston (KIN), and Sao Paulo (SAO) starting on October 24.
Víctor Pacheco Méndez, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Arajet, said,
“Canadians will be able to enjoy the privileged location of our low-price hub in the Dominican Republic to connect with dream destinations in the Caribbean throughout the year. The Arajet effect will allow more tourists to visit our countries and strengthen their economic development, generate more jobs and opportunities for more people throughout the region.”
The new route
Operated with the airline’s Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet, Arajet will have four weekly frequencies to Toronto on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Launching this route aims to attract the sizeable Dominican diaspora and the Canadian leisure market interested in flying to the Caribbean.
By October, Arajet will offer flights to 18 destinations in 13 countries in the region. These countries are Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, Aruba, St. Maarten, Curaçao, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Brazil.
As of July 2023, Arajet operates 102 weekly flights. The routes with the most weekly services are from Santo Domingo to San Salvador (SAL) and Mexico City (NLU), with six flights daily. Mexico City will soon have daily services.
New routes in the future
While waiting for up to five new Boeing 737 MAX planes this year (and more due to the airline’s firm order for 20 MAXs and 15 options), Arajet wants to increase its connectivity in the region.
Arajet has already dropped some routes, stopped flying to Monterrey earlier this year, and Cali. Nonetheless, the company’s management has eyed new destinations such as New York, Miami, and San Juan in the United States, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, and Rio de Janeiro in South America.
The airline’s primary goal is to launch flights to the United States. It recently requested authorization from the Department of Transportation earlier this year. There has been no development regarding this possibility.
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