Travel Between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic Up 1,600%

The flow of passengers between the capitals of Jamaica and the Dominican Republic has registered a notable increase of 1,600 per cent since the historic first direct flight operated by Arajet, on November 14, 2022.

That’s according to the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Jamaica.

In a statement to the media, the embassy says while in 2020 the number of travellers was practically non-existent, in 2022 it reached 3,300 passengers, growth that continued to rise steadily.

It says up to June 2024, the flow of visitors already exceeded 58,000 people.

CEO and founder of Arajet, Victor Pacheco, expressed his satisfaction with the success of the route and reaffirmed the airline’s commitment to continue facilitating air transport between these two important Caribbean destinations.

Before the existence of this flight, travelling from the Dominican Republic to Jamaica was a complicated journey, with stopovers in the United States, Panama or the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The embassy said this made a journey that should be no more than one-hour-and-10 minutes long into an almost 12-hour ordeal.