RSSThe Dominican Republic has seven international airports. They are the Las Américas International Airport, 20 minutes east of Santo Domingo; Puerto Plata International Gregorio Luperón Airport, 15 minutes from Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata and Sosúa, handles the north coast's scheduled and charter flights.
Punta Cana's international airport serves the Far East. La Romana International receives a daily AA jet from Miami. Barahona's María Montez International Airport is the most recent addition to the country’s airports. Air Santo Domingo is a domestic airline, affiliated to Air Europa, with 54 daily flights to seven major airports in the country. The smaller international airports in Santiago and Herrera in Santo Domingo handle light aircraft, small jets and commuter planes.
Airlines link the Dominican Republic with San Juan and Mayaguez (Puerto Rico), Havana, Providenciales (Turks & Caicos), Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao, Antigua, St. Martin, Point-a-Pitre, and Port-au-Prince in the Caribbean. Inter-Caribbean flights are principally handled by American eagle, Copa, Dominair, TCCA, ALM and Air Guadeloupe.
Dominican Republic also has air links with the Latin American cities of Bogotá, Caracas, Panama City, Santiago de Chile, La Paz, Cancún and Buenos Aires. North American routes link the country with Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Newark, and New York.
The following airlines provide regular services to the Dominican Republic from North America;
- American Airlines
- Continental, Pan American
- TWA
- Air Atlantic
