Santo Domingo. – The general director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation, Idac, stated that the open skies agreement with the United States, in addition to promoting better air connectivity of the country with its main commercial and tourism ally, will also attract new investments with impact in exports and in the generation of quality jobs.
Héctor Porcella recalled that the country maintains open skies agreements with 60 other countries, and which will allow Dominican airlines to fly directly to any destination in the United States with cheaper rates for national and foreign travelers.
“As President Luis Abinader has pointed out, the agreement will allow us to expand flight options for Dominican airlines and include more direct routes, especially in cities in the United States with a significant population of Dominicans who must fly with stops in New York or Miami,” said IDAC director.
He highlighted that the Dominican Republic has several airlines that are able to operate in various destinations in the United States, with cheaper rates than those currently in force… “The airlines of the United States have always had the facility to exploit the Dominican airspace for tourist and commercial purposes, but the same does not happen with the national flag lines, in a relationship of inequality that will be overcome with the projected agreement,” he added.
He highlighted that the open skies policy is promoted by the International Civil Aviation Organization, Idac, with the interest of promoting connectivity between its territories, which has an impact on the growth of their economies, the creation of direct and indirect jobs, investment of foreign capital, increase in foreign exchange, consumption of domestic products and other contributions derived from this activity.
“We recently accompanied the Minister of Tourism David Collado during a meeting with the Secretary of Transportation of the United States, Peter Buttigieg, and in the signing of the memorandum of consultation of the open skies agreement with the undersecretary of the Department of State, José Fernández, in the city of Washington, beginning the work to implement this agreement,” reported the head of the Idac.
Porcella highlighted the importance of the agreement and recalled that the United States is the main source of tourists to the Dominican Republic, accounting for half of the total number of visitors the country receives annually, to which are added the hundreds of thousands of Creoles who travel or They reside in North American cities.