Santo Domingo, RD.
The compadre told me and I was very surprised, that he bought a flight to the United States for June 4. It was his understanding that the opening of the airports is contemplated for the fourth phase of the flight and that currently only emergency flights are carried out to repatriate stranded citizens in some countries.
Entering the websites of some airlines, I verified that they offer flights to the United States for some days in June at prices that vary, depending on the type of flight (economic or executive), the destination airport and the number of stops that you make, between US $ 550.00 up to US $ 1,025 round trip.
The Civil Aviation Board is the institution responsible for air transport and regulating the actions of airlines, as explained to me by the director of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), Alejandro Herrera, consulted on the subject. Herrera states that airlines should not have a ticket office open to the public by June, knowing that airport activity is scheduled for the fourth phase of the scheduled flight scheduled for July 1.
He refers that it should be investigated, and for this he notified the Civil Aviation Board, if these flights are not part of those that coordinate with the Foreign Ministry to return Dominican nationals from other countries or if they are selling tickets for regular flights.
To make sure I didn’t make an irresponsible complaint, I went to Jet Blue’s website and went through the procedure to buy a flight from Americas International Airport (SDQ) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) departing on Monday June 8 and return on the 23rd of this month.
Fill out all the information and at no time, the airline exposed that there are restrictions for regular flights due to airport closure, I only needed to pay the ticket and my flight would be the JetBlue 410 A320, departing from Santo Domingo (SDQ) at 3: 00 PM arriving at the JFK at 6:44 PM with return on June 23 in the 1309 A320 with departure at 2:00 and arrival at 5:30 PM at a cost of US $ 606.45.
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