The airline low cost american Spirit Airlines reported that in the next three months it will launch a new air route what will offer flights direct from Punta Cana to Baltimore and WashingtonD.C.
The new route – announced almost a month after the entry into force of the open skies agreement between the United States and the Dominican Republic – would shorten the distances between the main tourist destination in the eastern region of the country and two of the destinations most important on the east coast of the North American giant, a region in which there is little connectivity direct.
He flight non-stop will begin on March 20 of this year and will operate four times a week, traveling from the International Airport of Punta Cana (PUJ) to Baltimore Thurgood Marshall International Airport-Washington (BWI).
“Punta Cana It is a great destination for travelers who seek to enjoy beautiful beaches and many activities and attractions“said the vice president of Network Planning of Spirit AirlinesJohn Kirby, in information sent by the airline to Free Diary.
“We hope to launch this new route and make it easier for travelers Americans discover Punta Canaand that our guests from the Dominican Republic visit the capital of the United States,” he added.
The second direct route from Punta Cana
With this announcement, Spirit Airlines I would be offering the second flight direct from Punta Cana to Baltimore AirportWashingtontraveling a route that, until now, only offered the airline Southwest Airlinesas shown by the Direct Flights and Google Flights portals.
When consulting this last platform, it is observed that the majority of flights between Punta Cana and Baltimore AirportWashington require at least one stopwhich extends the flight up to a maximum of nine and a half hours.
Spirit Airlines already has a route between both airports that includes a scale at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), before arriving in Baltimore, with a duration Estimated eight hours and 21 minutes.
However, a flight direct between these two airport terminals has a duration estimated 4 hours and five minutes, which more than halves the durationfacilitating the mobility of passengers.
Baltimore Thurgood Marshall International AirportWashington (BWI) is a strategic airport terminal for both the state of Maryland–where Baltimore is located– as for the Federal District of Columbia (DC)due to its proximity to these two points.
The terminal is one distance of 17.7 kilometers Baltimoreapproximately 15 minutes by car and 27 minutes by public transport.
He airport It is also located 49 minutes from the capital of the United States, to a distance approximately 51 kilometers.
The US airline announces the route five months after the Dominican and US authorities signed an open skies agreement, with which both nations seek to create new opportunities for their airlines, travel companies and clients, consequently strengthening economic relations. and existing commercial ones. “We need direct flights with the capital of the world to the Dominican Republic,” said the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, last July, weeks before this agreement was finally finalized. At the ceremony to welcome the visitor 11 millions, held in December, Collado stated that air connectivity represents “the main strategy” of the Government to increase the country’s tourist flow and that, although the open skies agreement will not reduce the cost of flights in itself, the facilities it contemplates The treaty could cause the price of air tickets for tourists to drop by up to 30%.
