San Martín Palace, Buenos Aires. In order to modernize the legal regulatory framework for air transport services between the Dominican Republic and the Argentine Republic, the civil aviation authorities of both States signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the signature of the Air Services Agreement (ASA). ), documents that will increase the flow of flights, promote tourism and attract new investments in national commercial aviation.
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The Dominican Republic was represented by Héctor Porcella, president of the Civil Aviation Board; Bernarda Franco, secretary of the Civil Aviation Board; Gustavo Hernando, Dominican ambassador to Argentina; Antonio Yapor, member of the plenary session and president of the air agreements commission; Paola Plá, deputy director general of IDAC and Clara Márquez, director of Human Resources of the Civil Aviation Board. While the government of the Argentine Republic was represented by Franco Mogetta Prevedello, secretary of the National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC).
At the end of the signing of the documents, Héctor Porcella, reported from the San Martín Palace, headquarters of the Chancellery of the Argentine Republic, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, that the agreements will allow Dominican-Argentine airlines to fly to any destination of the two countries, without restrictions on frequencies and connections. “This advance is crucial for national aviation by strengthening the connectivity “airline and promote competitiveness, which will result in an improvement in air services for Dominicans.”
Porcella said that the signed agreement has been prepared in accordance with the open skies policy implemented by the President of the Republic Luis Abinader, through the Civil Aviation Board. “It is of great interest to the Dominican Government to allow the airlines Dominican Republic can increase its air operations to the maximum.”
Likewise, the president of the Civil Aviation Board, Héctor Porcella, asked the Argentine government to consider eliminating the short-term or temporary visa for Dominicans to enter the country, in order to increase the flow of tourists between both nations and increase connectivity. region area.
“The commitment to increase the flow of passengers visiting the Dominican Republic and Argentina requires joint and coordinated reciprocity and one of them is this initiative to eliminate the short-stay visa for travelers. citizens Dominicans,” Porcella said.
He added that, with the signing, the Dominican Republic increases and strengthens its connectivity with the Southern Cone, a subregion of America made up of: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. He also pointed out that this agreement is added to those already existing with USA, Spain and Canada and that negotiations will soon be held for the final signing of the air services agreement with Jamaica.
“This agreement between the Dominican Republic and Argentina will also allow us to move from a restricted frequency system to an unlimited frequency system, in which all Dominican-Argentine operators and airlines will be able to fly between the two nations.”
He highlighted that the agreement brings together specific considerations of the types of open skies agreements on services aerialwhich is recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
He cited that only in the January-November 2024 period, 147,032 passengers were transported in 927 operations air in and out. “This figure places Argentina as the third most active country in South America in terms of passenger movement, being one of the fastest growing markets for the Dominican Republic (11th most active).”
Héctor Porcella highlighted that the agreement signed today establishes very flexible principles regarding air mobility, strengthening mutual relations in the field of commercial transportation, such as: the multiple designation of airlines, flexibility of operations under the charter flight modality and operations under the codeshare modality.
In addition, it contemplates provisions on flexibility for all commercial air operations, without limits on frequencies and capacities.
