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 December 31, 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 December 31, 2008 for all the airline companies, from and to the International airport El Catey Samaná.

TUIFLY NORDIC airlines

• B-767 arriving from Copenhagen (Copenhagen International Airport - Denmark - CPH), arrival at 1:00pm every Thursday from, October 23 to December 25 of 2008
• Departure to Copenhagen (Copenhagen International Airport - Denmark - CPH) on the same day at 3:00pm

SKYSERVICE airlines

• B-757 arriving from Toronto (Pearson International Airport - Canada - YYZ), arrival at 11:20am every Monday from, Novembre 17 to December 15 of 2008
• Departure to La Romana (La Romana International Airport - Dominican Republic - LRM) on the same day at 12:20pm

• B-757 arriving from Toronto (Pearson International Airport - Canada - YYZ), arrival at 9:35pm every Monday from, December 22 to December 29 of 2008
• Departure to Toronto (Pearson International Airport - Canada - YYZ) on the same day at 10:35pm

AIR TRANSAT airlines

• A-310-300 arriving from Montreal-Trudeau (Montreal International Airport - Quebec - YUL), arrival at 1:15pm Monday from, November 3 of 2008
• Departure to La Romana (La Romana International Airport - Dominican Republic - LRM) on the same day at 2:35pm

• A-310-300 arriving from Montreal-Trudeau (Montreal International Airport - Quebec - YUL), arrival at 1:15pm every Monday from, November 10 to December 15 of 2008
• Departure to Montreal-Trudeau (Montreal International Airport - Quebec - YUL) on the same day at 2:45pm

• A-310-300 arriving from Montreal-Trudeau (Montreal International Airport - Quebec - YUL), arrival at 9:20pm every Friday from, December 19 to 26 of 2008
• Departure to Montreal-Trudeau (Montreal International Airport - Quebec - YUL) on the same day at 10:40pm

AIR CANADA airlines

• A-319 arriving from Toronto (Pearson International Airport - Canada - YYZ), arrival at 1:45pm every Sunday from, December 21 to 28 of 2008
• Departure to Toronto (Pearson International Airport - Canada - YYZ) on the same day at 2:45pm

BLUE PANORAMA airlines

• B-767-300 arriving from Milan Malpensa (International Airport of Milan - Italy - MXP) , arrival at 7:40pm every Monday from, November 10 to December 15 of 2008
• Departure to La Romana (La Romana International Airport - Dominican Republic - LRM) on the same day at 8:30pm

LTU airlines

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

• A-330 arriving from Dusseldorf (Dusseldorf International Airport - Germany - DUS), arrival at 5:15pm every Tuesday from, November 4 to December 30 of 2008
• Departure to Punta Cana (Punta Cana International Airport - Dominican Republic - PUJ) on the same day at 6:15pm

AIR MEDITERRANEE airlines

• B-767 arriving from Paris (Orly International Airport - France - ORY), arrival at 2:35pm every Friday from, December 19 to 26 of 2008
• Departure to Punta Cana (Punta Cana International Airport - Dominican Republic - PUJ) on the same day at 4:20pm

• B-767 arriving from Paris (Orly International Airport - France - ORY), arrival at 4:05pm every Monday from, December 22 to 29 of 2008
• Departure to Paris (Orly International Airport - France - ORY) on the same day at 5:50pm

CONDOR airlines

• B-767 arriving from Frankfurt (International Airport - Germany - FRA), arrival at 6:30pm every Tuesday from , June 17 to December 30 of 2008
• Departure to Puerto Plata (Gregorio Luperon - Dominican Republic - POP) on the same day at 7:30pm

SATA airlines

• A-310 arriving from Puerto Plata (Gregorio Luperon - Dominican Republic - POP), arrival at 7:05pm on every Wednesday from,December 3 to 31 of 2008
• Departure to Montreal-Trudeau (Montreal International Airport - Quebec - YUL) on the same day at 7:55pm

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