A new airline joins the recovery of flights in Cuba, following the reopening of its borders on November 15 to countries in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Sky High Aviation Services, a Dominican Republic-based company, will offer flights between Santo Domingo/Las Americas (SDQ) and Havana (HAV), Holguin (HOG), and Santiago de Cuba (SCU).
Each destination will be operated in alliance with the Cuban travel agency «Enjoy Cuba», providing twice-weekly flights with Embraer ERJ 145 aircraft with 50 seats.
Sky High Aviation also offers connections from Las Americas International Airport to Anguilla (AXA), Antigua and Barbuda (ANU), Aruba (AUA), Bonaire (BON), Curaçao (CUR), Fort-de-France (FDF) in Martinique; British Virgin Islands (EIS), Pointe-a-Pitre (PTP) in Guadeloupe, Port of Spain (POS) in Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and Nevis (SKB) and St. Maarten (SXM).
Schedules and Frequencies
Flights | From | Departure | To | Arrival | Frequencies |
DO 810 | Santo Domingo (SDQ) | 04:00 | La Habana (HAV) | 05:00 | MO-FR |
DO 811 | La Habana (HAV) | 06:00 | Santo Domingo (SDQ) | 09:00 | MI-FR |
Santo Domingo (SDQ) | 05:30 | Holguin (HOG) | 05:45 | TH-SU | |
Holguín (HOG) | 06:45 | Santo Domingo (SDQ) | 09:00 | TH-SU | |
Santo Domingo (SDQ) | 05:30 | Santiago de Cuba (SCU) | 05:45 | TU-SA | |
DO 821 | Santiago de Cuba (SCU) | 06:45 | Santo Domingo (SDQ) | 09:00 | TU-SA |
Flights to Havana will start on December 17, to Santiago de Cuba on December 18 and lastly to Holguin on December 19. In total, 600 seats per week will be offered between Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
The company will have to compete against Air Century, which operates three weekly flights to Havana and two weekly flights to Santiago de Cuba; both destinations with CRJ 200 and Airbus A321ceo.
In 2019, Havana and Santiago de Cuba ranked as some of the most demanded Caribbean destinations from Santo Domingo, having transported 16,946 and 16,773 passengers respectively, according to data obtained by Aviacionline through the Dominican Republic’s Civil Aviation Board.