A technical delegation from the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) will travel to Seattle, United States. The purpose of this trip is to inspect and approve the arrival of the first Boeing 737 MAX 8 to the country.
The aircraft, the first of its kind to operate on Dominican soil, will provide services for the ultra-low-cost airline Arajet. IDAC acting director-general Héctor Porcella said after a meeting with Arajet executives – led by its president Víctor Pacheco and technical staff of the company – that the airline’s certification process is “very advanced”. During the meeting, details were finalized for the transfer of the equipment from the United States to the Caribbean country.
Porcella said during the meeting that a delegation made up of flight standards director Alberto Piña and IDAC operations and airworthiness technicians will travel to Seattle to inspect the Boeing 737 unit. “Before the airline can receive and begin operating the aircraft, a rigorous inspection of the aircraft will be carried out at Boeing’s own factory in Seattle,” said the official.
The IDAC, Porcella added, is also making progress in the certification of two other companies. Those together with Arajet, will connect the country with around 35 cities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. To this end, he said, the Institute “has improved all the parameters of efficiency in the management of technical and bureaucratic procedures. These will optimize the approval and certification processes”.
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