Thanks to a new update to its reservations system, Aerolíneas Argentinas will increase service to Punta Cana (PUJ) in the Dominican Republic for the summer season 2024/25. The airline will add new frequencies from Córdoba (COR) and Buenos Aires/Ezeiza (EZE) and introduce two new routes departing from Tucumán (TUC) and Rosario (ROS).
The update comes one week after Arajet replaced its daily flight from Santo Domingo/Las Americas (SDQ) with a Punta Cana (PUJ)-Buenos Aires service effective October 28, 2024.
According to the national airline’s website, it plans to increase flights from Buenos Aires/Ezeiza from four to five times a week in November and December, then to six times a week (every day except Sundays) from January to March. Operations will continue with Airbus A330-200 aircraft that can accommodate 269 passengers.
Meanwhile, from Cordoba, flights will resume with two weekly flights on September 13, 2024, increasing to four weekly flights between January and March 2025. The flights to Punta Cana will provide connections to other points in the interior of Argentina and will be operated by Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with a capacity of 170 passengers.
Finally, from January to March 2025, Aerolíneas Argentinas will operate weekly flights from Tucumán (TUC) and Rosario (ROS). Both destinations will be operated with Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
The airline will operate 12 flights per week between Argentina and the Dominican Republic, with a weekly capacity of 5,268 seats during the summer.
The company is already advertising it on its website, but tickets are not yet available for purchase.
Current flights between Argentina and Punta Cana
According to the latest data from the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism, Argentina ranks sixth among the countries with the most tourist movements to the Caribbean: 125,832 Argentinians visited in the first half of 2024, 14% more than in 2023. More than half of passengers boarded in Buenos Aires and a quarter in Córdoba, with Santa Fe taking the top spot.
Many Argentines fly to Punta Cana via their hubs on Avianca, Copa, LATAM, Sky Airlines and GOL. Demand has also surged in recent months for Alajet flights with a stopover in Santo Domingo.
Aerolíneas Argentinas operates direct flights to Punta Cana. According to ANAC Argentinas, the airline carried 44,365 passengers in the second half of 2024, with a load factor of 97%, data that highlights the existing demand for one of the Caribbean’s most popular destinations.
