Punta Cana.- Arajet inaugurated a brand new direct route between Punta Cana Worldwide Airport and Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport, marking its fifth vacation spot in the USA and reinforcing the Dominican Republic’s place as a serious air hub within the Caribbean. The service will function 3 times every week—on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays—providing greater than 2,200 seats weekly for vacationers shifting between each cities for tourism or enterprise.

The airline expects the route not solely to spice up passenger circulation between Punta Cana and Chicago but in addition to perform as a gateway for connections to different locations in its community, together with Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mexico Metropolis, Cancún, Kingston, and Lima. Arajet’s Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Manuel Luna, highlighted that working at Chicago O’Hare—one of many world’s busiest airports—represents a major milestone in Arajet’s U.S. growth and offers a direct, inexpensive choice for the Dominican neighborhood in Illinois.

Chicago’s addition to the Arajet community aligns with the Ministry of Tourism’s identification of town as a strategic market. In 2024, greater than 138,000 vacationers from Chicago visited the Dominican Republic, demonstrating robust demand from each Dominican residents within the Midwest and American vacationers searching for Caribbean locations.