Dominican airline to launch direct flights from O'Hare to Punta Cana
Dominican airline Arajet plans to launch direct flights from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Punta Cana, the airline announced Tuesday.
Starting in November, the low-fare airline will launch the O'Hare route — its first from the Midwest — with flights three days per week. One-way flights to the resort town on the eastern tip of the island start at $117, the company said.
Arajet began flying out of the U.S. this year. Chicago will be the fifth U.S. city from which it flies to the Dominican Republic, after Boston, Miami, New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The company is backed financially by Bain Capital and Griffin Global Asset Management.
The airline's U.S. expansion comes after an 'open skies' travel agreement between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic went into effect in December, removing certain restrictions on flights between the two countries.
'Our continued growth enables greater connectivity for both tourists and the Dominican diaspora while supporting tourism and economic opportunity across the region,' Arajet CEO Victor Pacheco said in a statement.
From Punta Cana, travelers can connect to other destinations throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, Arajet said.
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