The airline El-Al will fly this year to DR

Deputy Minister of Tourism Fausto Fernández announced that the airline El-Al, the Israeli flag line, will inaugurate its first flight from Tel-Aviv to Punta Cana this year on October 7, opening a new and important niche in The Israeli market for the Dominican Republic.

«2016 signals that it will be a better year than the previous year,» Fernandez said during a press conference called to announce the results of the work agenda achieved so far at ITB Berlin. The deputy minister of Tourism explained that MonaTours, the largest operator in Israel, signed an agreement with the group Globalia for the sale of tourist packages in Tel-Aviv to Santo Domingo and Punta Cana (and with possibilities of extending to the Dominican North coast) , Which according to Fernandez represents a very important precedent for the country, given the level of expenditure of the Israeli tourist (four times more than the average).

Fernandez also said that the airline Condor will launch additional flights on its Munich-Punta Cana and Munich-Santo Domingo routes, and AirBerlin, the main German airline, will implement the business class on its scheduled flights to the Dominican Republic. In addition, the airline Edelweiss will double its frequency of flights to Punta Cana from June this year.

Source: Listin Diario