AirTran adds flights to Dominican Republic
AirTran Airways plans to expand its Caribbean service to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Punta Cana will mark the fifth Caribbean destination the Orlando-based low-cost airline offers service to, including Aruba and Cancun, Mexico; Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Nassau/Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Roundtrip, nonstop flights between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Punta Cana International Airport will be conducted twice weekly beginning Feb. 16, 2011.
Connections to Punta Cana will be available from more than 40 cities throughout the AirTran Airways network via Atlanta, including Orlando, New York, Washington, Boston, Baltimore, Milwaukee and others.
“Punta Cana is a very popular vacation destination, and we are happy to offer our passengers the chance to explore such a beautiful area beginning this winter,” said Kevin Healy, AirTran Airways’ senior vice president of marketing and planning. “Our new flights to Punta Cana represent the next phase of our growth strategy in the Caribbean.”
AirTran Airways has been flying to Punta Cana since 2008 using chartered service.
AirTran Airways is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AAI) and a Fortune 1000 company.