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International Airport Juan Bosch - El Catey Samaná

It’s on past November, 6th 2008, with a flight of the airline company Condor, coming from Frankfort in Germany, that began the activity of the International airport of Samaná, situated in El Catey, province of Samaná.

Representing the Century XXI Dominicans’ Airports (AERODOM), company agent of state airports, Astrid Diaz Menicucci, General Manager, opened the inauguration with a speech, ensuring that the construction of this airport marks a new era for the tourism in Dominican Republic, especially for the Samaná province and the region

Diaz Menicucci informed that there are weekly international flights programs for the November-April season, coming from Europe cities like Milan, Paris, Madrid, Frankfort and Düsseldorf, as well as from Canadian cities like Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and Vancouver.

It is the proof of what can happen when the cooperation and the support between privates and publics sectors is prevailing she affirmed, while thanking the support and the confidence provided by the Civilian Aeronautical General Management, the Airport department, the Tourism Ministry, ASONAHORES and the hotels in general.

This new work delivered today by AERODOM to the country, demonstrates with acts the high level of the assumed agreements with the national development and our firm view to offer to Dominican Republic Word class airports, explained Diaz Menicucci.

The airport Terminal built by AERODOM, has a cost superior to 80 million US dollars, and has been conceived with the most strict international security standards : and counts withs :

• A runway with a length of 3000 meters and a width of 45 meters

• A 45000 squares meters tarmachas , which permits the simultaneous parking of 4 airplanes.

The Terminal edifice has been conceived with a tropical architecture and a wonderful Victorian style, characteristic of Samaná, covering 9000 squares meters on the first level and 1000 squares meters on the second one, with a moving capacity of entering and outgoing of more or less 600 passengers per hour.

During this inauguration, where present representatives of the government and of Samaná tourism sector, as well as political, economic, and social eminent people of the Province like José Alexis Martinez, Mayor of Las Terrenas, Miguel Bezi, Tourism Under-Secretary for the Northeaster zone, and the Condor representative.

Weekly flights to October 30, 2008

All the flights, all the schedules, all the companies, from and to El Catey-Samaná-Dominican Republic

This is the list of all the flights planned until October 30, 2008 for all the airline companies, from and to the International airport El Catey Samaná.

EXPRESS JET airlines

• EMB-135 arriving from Miami (Miami International Airport - United-States - MIA), arrival at 10:50am every Saturday from, June 21 to August 2nd of 2008
• Departure to San Juan (Puerto Rico - SJU) on the same day at 11:45am

EXPRESS JET airlines

• EMB-145 arriving from San Juan (Puerto Rico - SJU), arrival at 3:05pm every Saturday from, June 21 to August 2nd of 2008
• Departure to Miami (Miami International Airport - United-States - MIA) on the same day at 4:00pm

AIR COMET airlines

• A-310-300 arriving from Madrid (International Airport - Spain - MAD), arrival at 6:45pm every Monday from, June 16 to October 20 of 2008
• Departure to Montego Bay (Sangster International Airport - Jamaica - MBJ) on the same day at 9:00pm

CANJET airlines

• B-767-800 arriving from Toronto (Pearson International Airport - Canada - YYZ), arrival at 10:40am every Monday from, June 30 to September 1st of 2008
• Departure to Toronto (Pearson International Airport - Canada - YYZ) on the same day at 11:40am

BLUE PANORAMA airlines

• B-767-300 arriving from Milan Malpensa (International Airport of Milan - Italy - MXP) , arrival at 6:40pm every Monday from, June 16 to September 8 of 2008
• Departure to La Romana (La Romana International Airport - Dominican Republic - LRM) on the same day at 7:40pm

LTU airlines

• A-330-200 arriving from Dusseldorf (Dusseldorf International Airport - Germany - DUS), arrival at 5:15pm every Wednesday from, June 20 to October 31 of 2008
• Departure to Montego Bay (Sangster International Airport - Jamaica - MBJ) on the same day at 6:15pm

FIRST CHOICE airlines

• B-767 arriving from London (Gatwick International Airport - England - LGW), arrival at 2:00pm every Thursday from, June 26 to October 30 of 2008
• Departure to London (Gatwick International Airport - England - LGW) on the same day at 4:30pm

XL-AIRWAYS airlines

• A-330 arriving from Varadero (Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport - Cuba - VRA), arrival at 7:35pm every Thursday from, June 19 to October 23 of 2008
• Departure to Paris (Charles de Gaulle nternational Airport - France - CDG) on the same day at 9:20pm

CONDOR airlines

• B-767 arriving from Frankfurt (International Airport - Germany - FRA), arrival at 6:30pm every Tuesday from Tuesday, June 3 to 24 of 2008
• Departure to Puerto Plata (Gregorio Luperon - Dominican Republic - POP) on the same day at 7:30pm

SATA airlines

• A-310 arriving from Lisbon (Portugal - LIS), arrival at 3:40pm on every Wednesday from, June 18 to September 17 of 2008
• Departure to Lisbon (Portugal - LIS) on the same day at 5:50pm

AMERICAN EAGLE airlines

• ATR-72 arriving from San Juan (Porto Rico), arrival at 2:08pm on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until December 31, 2008
• Departure to San Juan (Porto Rico) on the same day at 2:42pm

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