Arajet from the Dominican Republic seeks to become the “Caribbean Hub” with the most destinations to Mexico

Monterey, NL. ultra low cost airline Arajet seeks to become the Caribbean Hub with more destinations from and to Mexico. It currently has flights to Monterrey, Cancun and Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA), commented to The Economist Víctor Miguel Pacheco Méndez, president of the airline from the Dominican Republic.

Although he acknowledged that there are macroeconomic challenges that affect the industry, having the most efficient fleet of aircraft Boeing 737 Max 8, allows them to maintain low-cost flights. “We want to strengthen our presence in the airports of MonterreyAIFA and Cancun, when the outlook is better we will analyze more opportunities in other destinations in Mexico”.

We chose the AIFA, with four weekly flights, Cancún with three frequencies and Monterrey on Tuesdays and Fridays, we chose them after an exhaustive analysis. We are business partners with Mexico, and there is a population from the Dominican Republic in Mexico and from the Dominican Republic we have great tourist destinations to offer,” said Pacheco Méndez.

Pacheco Méndez stressed that since Santo Domingo Airport, connections can be made with different destinations, “we are the Hub of the Caribbean, with 54 destinations and we transport more than 7 million passengers”.

On Tuesdays and Fridays they will have two frequencies from Mariano Escobedo International Airportfrom Monterrey: departure from the Dominican Republic at 7:05 am and arrival in Monterrey at 11:05 am, and departure from Monterrey at 12:05 pm and arrival at Las Américas Airport at 17:40 pm

The first flight made from that Caribbean country to MonterreyIt was last September 30.

Monterrey is a very important destination for the airline, since in the 45 days prior to the arrival of the first flight from Santo Domingo to Monterrey, 800 seats were sold to go to the Caribbean round trip for only 301 dollars, before it cost 1,200 dollars. .

“This interest of tourists from Monterrey to go to Santo Domingo is due to the fact that from there they can reach other beach destinations such as Punta Cana, Salinas Beaches, discover the emerald waters of San Cristóbal, the Dunes of Baní, and the city Colonial Santo Domingo, which has 85,000 rooms and you do not need a visa to travel”, said Víctor Miguel Pacheco Méndez.

Update your fleet

He stressed that they recently bought five planes Boeing 737 Max 8with 185 seats, and they hope to complete a fleet of 40 ships, with a direct acquisition of 3,000 million dollars.

The investment firms that participate are: Bain Capital, an asset manager and Griffin Capital, an investment fund, among others, “it is the largest fund in Massachusetts.”

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