Arajet
Flag carrier of the Dominican Republic
ARAJET, S.A., trading as Arajet, is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Dominican Republic, with headquarters in Santo Domingo. The airline provides low-cost flights to destinations in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Operations began on 15 September 2022 with a flight to Barranquilla, Colombia.
01History
Early operations
In late 2014, Dominican Wings received its air operator's certificate from the Dominican Republic's civil aviation authority and was authorized to offer charter flights between the Dominican Republic and Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Argentina. Its first aircraft, an Airbus A320-200, was delivered on May 3, 2015.
Rebrand
In early 2018, it was announced that the airline would be transitioning from charter operations to scheduled ultra low-cost flights, investing $60 million into its relaunch. In September 2021, co-founders Victor Pacheco Mendez and Mike Powell announced that the airline would rebrand to Arajet and would operate as a low-cost carrier offering flights throughout the Caribbean and the Americas. In November 2021, the Junta de Aviación Civil approved Arajet's request to amend its certificate of economic authorization to include thirty new international routes.
The Instituto Dominicano de Aviacion Civil, in collaboration with Dominican carrier Arajet, achieved the certification of two Dominican inspectors at Boeing's facilities to be able to inspect the operations of Boeing aircraft in December 2021. Pico Duarte was the company's first aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, named after the Caribbean's highest mountainous elevation and a nature preserve in the Dominican Republic, completed its painting process In February 2022. Registered HI-1026, arrived at Las Américas International Airport on March 3, 2022.
On March 14, 2022, Arajet S.A. was officially launched. Although the airline was backed by Bain Capital and Griffin Global Asset Management, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader announced that it would be majority funded with Dominican capital. Boeing announced an order of twenty Boeing 737 MAX 200 aircraft, with options for fifteen more aircraft.
02Destinations
As of June 2025, the airline serves the following destinations:
In addition to the stated destinations Arajet has plans to fly to:
- Bahamas: Nassau
- Barbados: Bridgetown
- Belize: Belize City
- Bolivia: Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Brazil: Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Guadeloupe
- Guyana: Georgetown
- Haiti: Port-au-Prince
- Honduras: San Pedro Sula
- Martinique: Fort-de-France
- Panama: Panama City
- Paraguay: Asunción
- Trinidad and Tobago: Port of Spain
- Uruguay: Montevideo
- United States: Providence
Interline agreements
- Hahn Air
03Fleet
Current fleet
As of July 2026, Arajet operates the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 16 | 3 | 185 | Additional aircraft to be delivered beginning in 2026. | ||
| 189 | ||||||
| Boeing 737 MAX 200 | , | 20 | TBA | Order with 15 options. | ||
| Total | 16 | 23 | ||||
Former fleet
As Dominican Wings, the company consisted of the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | 2015 | 2017 | Leased from Avion Express. |
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Arajet Boeing 737-8 MAX HI1098 on final approach to Boston December 2025.jpg by 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0
- Image Plane.jpg by DominicanWings, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Countries in which AraJet operates.svg by WikiPate, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Boeing 737 Max - HI1101 - Arajet.jpg by Liaam2324, CC0
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