Dominican Republic.- The JetBlue and Air Canada airlines will add new direct flights from New York (USA) and Montreal (Canada) to La Romana, a tourist zone to the southeast of the Dominican Republic.

Miami, Florida,U.S.- Royal Caribbean International announced it has created a new position to oversee the region.

Dominican Republic.- The Dominican Republic’s fifth cruise terminal is being built in the Cap Cana Resort, right in the tourist zone of Punta Cana, where more than 60% of the international tourists already arrive by air to the Caribbean country.

Dallas.- Southwest Airlines announced that for the first time operate a summer Saturday schedule of 104 scheduled flights among a dozen airports in the continental United States and ten cities across the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America.

Santo Domingo.- Lift Air Group president Ryan Polanco agrees with establishing a national airlines to get more tourists into Dominican Republic, and to maintain air routes independent of the foreign carriers he affirms have traditionally monopolized them.

Miami, Florida.- U.S. government approves the first ferry services to Cuba in five decades. At least four Florida companies were approved for ferry service to Cuba.