Santo Domingo.– Interim general director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (Idac), Héctor Porcella, valued the commitment and will of president Luis Abinader to strengthen aviation as an strategic allied of tourism and key sector in the national economic deveploment. He said that the proposal to reform the civil aviation law submitted to the Congress by president Abinader is intended to turn the Dominican Republic in the first air hub in the Caribbean and one of the main investment destiny in Latin America.
Porcella saluted the new fleet presentation of Dominican Sky High airlines and he defined it himsef as a sample of the solid growing of the country aeronautical park under the government changes auspices.
The activity performed in la Vendimia restaurant,of Las Americas International Airport, Doctor José Francisco Peña Gómez,in the new aircraft fleet inauguration of Sky High,a national aviation commercial operator, President Luis Abinader remarked that this represent a boost to the dynamic shown by the sector actually.
He reffered that the dominican airlines had almost duplicated the total of transports passangers in the region ; likewise the airline passed from using aircraft with 19 to 45 passangers capacity to operates aircraft with 100 passanger capacity”, pointed President Luis Abinader.
He explained that the legal disposition its aiming to foment and rise the competitiviness of civil aviation in the country, estableshing by that way ,the pertinent incentives that allow the increment of airway visitors.
The mandatary manifested that with those dispositions, it seeks to establish besides, of new domestics routes , an internationals and national strategy markets to strengthen the dominican positioning as a connection point to trasnport,passanger logistic and cargo.
During the act, Sky High Dominicana executives announces their expansion projects and their significant consolidation for this new year of 2023, year in which they keep even more their proposal of values and safety, solidity and commitment to continue being a reliable airline proudly dominican.
To this 2023 which it is just starting , Sky High Dominicana it counts with a fleet of 4 Embraer-190 of 97 pasangers including Executive Class , 3 Embraer-145 of 50 passangers, 2 Embraer-75 of 77 passangers Executive Class besides a cargo Boeing 737,for a total of 10 aircrafts.this expansion strengthen the airlines services , that to the date its counting with 21 destinations and with more than 4,000 yearly operations,connecting the Caribbean with latin America and the United States.
By his side, Sky High Dominicana, CEO Juan Chamizo, thanked to the president and to all the presents to accompanies them in the extend of the air proposal in the Dominican Republic.
In addition, de Sky High Dominicana, operation director Cesarina Beauchamp, highlighted that what it was presented wouldnt be possible without the accompanied and the great support that had been received by part of the Joint Plenary of Civil Aviation, Aerodom, Idac, as wel as of all composed members like Ministry of Tourism , Idac, Cesac and Airport Department,among other .
Also, Aerodom general director, Mónika Infante, expressed her satisfaction to receive the new aircrafts in the Las Americas international Airport, José Francisco Peña Gómez runaways.
In the same way, Rodrigo Pereyra, Embraer representant of the aircraft construction company, expressed his confident in the Sky High project and his beliefs in the company to its growing in latin America.
To the act attended , Airforce General Commander of the Dominican Republic, Febrillet Rodríguez, Fard; the Civil Aviation Specialized Corp in airport Safety general director (Cesac), colonel pilot Floreal Suárez Martínez, Fard and the president of Dncd, rear admiral of the Dominican Republic army (ARD) José Manuel Cabrera Ulloa.
Also general consul in Miami city , to the Dominican Republic, Geanilda Vázquez; Airport Department directors, Víctor Pichardo; and the president of the Civil Aviation Joint, Héctor Marte Piantini.