New link between Paris and Punta Cana

The first low-cost French long-haul airline began operating last Saturday. Your destination: Punta Cana.

The inaugural flight of French Blue, a subsidiary of the French company Grupo Dubreuil, arrived that afternoon at the Punta Cana International Airport from Orly airport in Paris.

Why choose Punta Cana for its premiere? According to Jean Dubreuil, chairman of the board of supervision of the Dubreuil Group, because it is a complete destination, with an offer for different audiences, several tourist attractions and the airport with the largest traffic in the country.

Flights

The line will have four weekly flights to Punta Cana and in November three will be added to Santo Domingo, said Eugenio de Hostos, executive director of General Air Services, which represents the new airline in the country, in addition to Air Caraïbes, also owned by the Group Dubreuil.

The frequency of flights, he argued, will help to achieve the goal of the Dominican Government to continue increasing the flow of foreign tourists visiting the country.

The number of French arriving each year to the Dominican Republic is around 230,000, said the French ambassador, José Gómez, for whom the opening of an airline «means more exchange, more relations»

Hostos said he was confident that with the new French Blue aircraft (an Airbus A330-300 with 378 passenger capacity) and a frequency of four weekly flights «we can take that figure to 300,000.»

A dossier of the firm indicated that in three months it had registered more than 20,000 reservations. The airline was launched with special introductory prices.

Rates

The new airline would not only impact Dominican tourism.

«Tourism is very important for the Dominican Republic,» said Dubreuil, «but also for France, and with the prices we have also the Dominicans will be able to come to France on vacation.»

Although it is defined as «low cost», the line has three different rates and, therefore, options for different audiences: Basic, Smart and Premium.

In June 2017 French Blue will begin flying to La Réunion (French overseas department located in the Indian Ocean). For the spring of 2018 it plans to add two Airbus A350-900 aircraft to its fleet.

Source: listindiario.com