Dubai-DR DIRECT REGULAR flights by Amirate Airlines!!

[santobonao]

MANY NEGATIVE OPINIONS GOING AROUND HERE, OFF COURSE THIS CAN CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE TIMES, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS GETTING MUCH POPULAR THAN EVER, WITH this agreement we can change one whole industry. Look IRAN AIR that is flying now from Tehran to Caracas, so if Venezuela can have an middle east route so we can do it.

[rubio_higuey]

Well, Iran Air to Caracas? Probably a route financed by Chavez, to have a direct link with his "axis of evil" friends. Cubana to Cuba, Iran Air to Iran, now only NorthKorean Airways route is missing. Imagine PhyongYang to Caracas! What a route would THAT be!!! Too bad oil prices jumped so high only in the past 3 years. He could have had a route to Kabul with TallibanAir and Bagdad with Air Saddam as well, had high oil prices (and oil revenues) and nationalization happened prior to 2001. He (Chavez) must be quite upset!

[aegap]

The Dubai International Airport is a hub for Emirates Airline and has a large duty-free shopping center. ...A third terminal is currently under construction and is due to open in 2007. The new terminal will be dedicated to Emirates Airline ..

Dubai World Central International Airport, currently under construction, will make a new free trade area within Dubai and will be the centerpiece of the Jebel Ali Airport City. The airport was announced in 2004 and construction began in January 2005. The first part is expected to be completed by 2008. Although initially intended as a predominantly cargo airport, plans are afoot for the new Jebel Ali airport to handle some 120 million passengers per annum within 20 years, which would likely surpass Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, as the world's busiest airport.^[4]

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Dubai's expectations of an exponential rise in passenger traffic over its skies is built on the presumption that it would become the ideal air hub for transiting travelers from the Asia-Pacific Region, South Asia, Greater Middle-east, Africa, Europe, and Australia (for the Kangaroo route--Australia to Europe/Britain and vice versa).
Transportation in Dubai
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Dubai World Central

At the heart of this huge new community (Dubai World Central) is the Dubai World Central International Airport, the world's largest passenger and cargo hub, ten times larger than Dubai International Airport and Dubai Cargo Village combined.

The airport will have an annual cargo capacity of 12 million tons, more than three times that of Memphis, today's largest cargo hub, and a passenger capacity of more than 120 million - almost 50% more than Atlanta, currently the world's busiest passenger airport.

[aviastar]

Well, let's see if Air Dominicana's first route will be PUJ DXB on their B737

[Dolores]

Wrote to Emirates (3 times) asking if there was a timetable for flights and they never responded. A source in the know said that the memorandum of understanding only opens the possibility for the start of talks, but there is nothing planned that a date can be set on.

May I note that the Dominican Republic has sent Hugo Guilliani Cury, a former Dominican ambassador to Washington, D.C. and banker, to be the country's first ambassador in Dubai, Qatar. And most important, a Dubai company owns the important multi-modal cargo port, Punta Caucedo that always had plans to operate jointly with operations at the nearby Las Americas International Airport. DP World, the company, is one of the three largest port operators in the world.

A search of the archives of DR1 gives insights into what could be behind the memorandum of understanding.

Sultan visits President, port to expand
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, president of DP World, one of the three largest port operators in the world and shareholder and operator of Caucedo Multimodal Port, visited President Leonel Fernandez yesterday as part of a tour of the 52 ports the company holds around the world. During the visit, he reportedly expressed an interest in exploring areas for new investment in the Dominican Republic. The tycoon, who two years ago purchased a significant part of the Caucedo Multi Modal Free Zone, is particularly interested in "expanding the port, building a logistics center, and developing real estate projects in general". The Sultan spoke during a press conference after meeting with President Fernandez in the Presidential Palace. During the meeting, he was accompanied by Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and the president and vice President of Caucedo Multimodal Port Jaak Rannik and Manuel Enrique Tavares. Sulayem said to the president that he was very satisfied with the port's operations. (DR1 Daily News 27 July 2006)

[aegap]

May I note that the Dominican Republic has sent Hugo Guiliani Cury, a former Dominican ambassador to Washington, D.C. and banker, to be the country's first ambassador in Dubai, Qatar. And most important, a Dubai company owns the important multi-modal cargo port, Punta Caucedo that always had plans to operate jointly with operations at the nearby Las Americas International Airport. DP World, the company, is one of the three largest port operators in the world.

Originally Posted by aegap

.. CARGO flights may an additional great option.

More importantly, both Dubai Ports World and Emirates Airlines are WHOLELY OWNED by the same entety, the government of Dubai, and Caucedo is more than just a port.

DP World:

The new terminal facility was constructed on a Greenfield site within a free trade zone (Zona Franca Multimodal, ZFM). Adjacent to the container terminal the Caucedo Logistics Centre will be developed allowing for direct access to both the new container terminal and the Las Americas International Airport to provide unparalleled logistics services.
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As the operator of the Free Trade Zone Port, Caucedo is chartered to build the infrastructure appropriate for manufacturing and producing of merchandise, the handling of imports, exports, re-exports, by air, sea or land, containerized or not; customs brokerage services; security and custody of the facilities, among others.
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The companies operating within the Free Zone are authorized the following activities: reception, discharge, un-consolidation, repackaging, re-labeling, transforming, warehousing and delivery of containers; establishments of Customs bonded warehousing; customs brokerage; selling, financing and/or insurance services for the goods destined for export or the local market; telecommunication services as well as the operation of regional centers for data processing; container repairs, among others.

[aviastar]

Unfortunately all these facts are not enough for direct nonstop service on a route that can be operated nonstop only on A340-500 or A380, it is too far and there is no demand for permanent service. People from UAE need to get visa in order to enter DR, so dominicans for UAE. Imagine the price of the ticket for DXB SDQ DXB route. If Emirates will have tooooo many passengers for the Caribbean they can offer connections via PAR or US.

[GRS]

They are just looking, nothing more.

[aviastar]

Emirates starts new nonstop flights DXB-SAO PAOLO in October

[STEVE G.]

Originally Posted by Dolores

...'' Sultan visits President, port to expand
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, president of DP World, one of the three largest port operators in the world and shareholder and operator of Caucedo Multimodal Port, visited President Leonel Fernandez yesterday as part of a tour of the 52 ports the company holds around the world. During the visit, he reportedly expressed an interest in exploring areas for new investment in the Dominican Republic. The tycoon, who two years ago purchased a significant part of the Caucedo Multi Modal Free Zone, is particularly interested in "expanding the port, building a logistics center, and developing real estate projects in general". The Sultan spoke during a press conference after meeting with President Fernandez in the Presidential Palace. During the meeting, he was accompanied by Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and the president and vice President of Caucedo Multimodal Port Jaak Rannik and Manuel Enrique Tavares. Sulayem said to the president that he was very satisfied with the port's operations. (DR1 Daily News 27 July 2006)

It has been awhile since this news came out , I wonder if anyone heard any news on developing any real estate projects in the DR ( and where ) . It would be very interesting to see such development tycoon like Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem in DR who as well is the executive chairman of Al Nakheel ( Nakheel - Where Vision Inspires Humanity ) major real estate developer in Dubai and creator of several land reclamation projects, including the Palm Islands, the Dubai Waterfront, and The World etc. , all well known projects in Dubai where they had to extend the coast line .