(Montreal) Arajet, a low-cost airline based in the Dominican Republic, announced that it would launch flights between that country and Toronto and Montreal this fall.
The carrier, which was launched a year ago, becomes the latest addition to an already crowded group of low-cost airlines in Canada, and comes two weeks after American low-cost carrier Breeze Airways announced that he would offer his services to Quebecers who want to visit Florida.
Unlike many low-cost players, Arajet will bank on a model that connects passengers from distant airports via the airline’s hub in Santo Domingo, the capital of its home country, the head of the management of Arajet, Victor Pacheco.
He said more than half of the more than 10,000 Arajet tickets sold so far to Canadians are destined for other destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, accessible via connecting flights from the Republic Dominican.
Although no other airline flies directly between this country and Canada, Air Canada, United Airlines and American Airlines all land there regularly, while growing low-cost carriers such as Flair Airlines and Lynx Air try to woo Canadians with cheap flights to a range of sunny destinations.
Backed by majority investor Bain Capital, Arajet, which has a fleet of 10 aircraft, will launch direct routes to Santo Domingo from Toronto and Montreal on October 24 and November 7 respectively, with one-way tickets starting at $98.