WASHINGTON – Arajet, S.A., an air carrier of the Dominican Republic, has applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation to operate scheduled foreign air travel between the Dominican Republic and points in the United States.
New York Stewart International Airport at Newburgh is one of the destinations mentioned in its application, along with JFK International, Newark Liberty, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Miami, Florida.
Arajet proposes to begin service to the United States in fall 2023 utilizing Boeing 737-MAX aircraft configured with 185 seats.
“At the present U.S. carriers operate extensive services to the Dominican Republic (more than 52,000 flights in 2022),” according to its US Department of Transportation application. “Authorizing service by Arajet will introduce a degree of balance to the market and provide the traveling public with additional attractive low-fare travel options.”
Arajet is a pending contested application on various grounds.
Meanwhile, another foreign carrier, Atlantic Airways, which operates from Denmark’s Faroe Island, has had permission to fly to the U.S. since August 2019.
Among its direct routes are Paris, Copenhagen, Oslo, Reykjavik, Edinburgh, Mallorca, Barcelona, and Gran Canaria.
Indirect routes include New York, Zurich, Stuttgart, Nice, Munich, Milan, Manchester, London, Helsinki, and Hamburg, among other cities.
It could not be immediately learned if New York Stewart was in its plans for service to the Big Apple; however, the ‘Simple Flying’ newsletter said Stewart is on the airline’s radar to commence service this summer.
