The Dominican authorities linked to airports and aviation are working to make the Dominican Republic a friendly country for high consumption private aviation tourism, with an information plan in clear and precise English, that is attractive to attract that important air market, taking advantage of the excellent control and aeronautical support for air navigation that the country has, its eight excellent international airports and domestic airports nearby of the large tourist centers in the south and north of the country, according to expressed Fernando Cruz, representative of the Dominican Aviation Institute (IDAC). Carlos Rodoli, representative of Dominican Airports Siglo XXI AERODOM, thanked the visitors for choosing the Airport from Puerto Plata, joining its airports to this new relaunch.

Ana Imbert, on her behalf, the representative of the Airport Department, gave the thanks to all the authorities of Puerto Plata for the welcome and for join in this relaunch of the important private jet tourism.

The President of the Dominican Aeroclub 74, Cristian Feliz congratulated all government, civil and military institutions linked to aviation and to the airports, especially General Carlos Febrillet, Director of the
Specialized Airport Security Corps (CESAC), for following the new policy of the Dominican government of zero bureaucracy, to eliminate all the obstacles that prevent the country from receiving more private planes, with all the beauties, beaches, mountains, and the excellent hotels that we have, and be able to compete for that high-consumption tourism market that Las Bahamas and the Virgin Islands, very close to our north coast, and they come very few due to the existing bureaucracy, and lack of information in English to arrival, and pre-established prices of visible services.

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“It is about launching this initiative designed through the Tourism Cabinet, especially to respond to countries that have required different COVID-19 tests to enter their territory, such as PCR and antigen,” said Pichardo , in a meeting held at the Public Health headquarters, led by Minister Plutarco Arias.

It is reiterated that tourists will have access to COVID-19 tests through hotels, covered by the insurance Travel Assistance Plan, other passengers must go to the airport with their results, made 72 hours before and present them to the airline at the time of check-out.

Likewise, all passengers are urged to previously investigate the type of test required by the destination country, whether it is PCR or Antigen.

Pichardo pointed out that the meeting strengthens the processes that its management implements from the beginning in the different airports of the Dominican Republic, for which he thanked the Ministry of Health, CESAC and the airport representatives for their collaboration and integration so that the sector operate optimally.

In addition to Víctor Pichardo and Minister Plutarco Arias, General Carlos R. Febrillet Rodríguez, director of the Specialized Corps in Airport Security and Civil Aviation (CESAC), participated in the meeting.

As well as Antonio Yapor, executive director of the Dominican Airport Association (ADA), Frank Elías Rainieri, of the Eastern Hotels Corporation, Giovanni Rainieri, of the Punta Cana airport, Luís Díaz, operations manager of the Santiago Airport and the Vice Minister of Health, Edward Guzmán.

AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL DEL HIGUERO—En una operación interagencial  del Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil (IDAC),  el COE,  el Ala  Aérea de los Auxiliares Navales  Dominicanos de la Armada, el Centro de Operaciones de la Fuerza Aérea Dominicana, el Aeroclub Quisqueya de Santiago y el Aerocluc Dominicano 74,  varios aviones volaron este sábado  hacia  diferentes regiones del país, encontrando inundaciones, carreteras interrumpidas y personas aisladas por el paso de la tormenta que afectó a diferentes regiones.

Así lo informó  el  Coronel Edwin  Olivares,  Jefe del Centro de Operacionesde  Emergencia (COE) al recibir a los pilotos voluntarios que se coordinaron para ayudar a las agencias gubernamentales en el apoyo a la emergencia nacional, que aportaron localización y fotografías aéreas,  con un sistema preestablecido por el Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil (IDAC), llamado OANA, Ojos aéreos y Navales Ambientales,  con el cual inmediatamente envía técnicos y ayuda por vía terrestre, y botes de fondos planos a rescatar a los damnificados,  especialmente en el área de Boca del Yuna,  la zona mas afectadas.

Esas aéreas fueron cubiertas por pilotos  del Aeroclub Quisqueya de Santiago al mando  de Jean Pier Oquet,  Nicolás Vargas y Alex  Torres del (COE).

En la parte Este del país,  San Pedro,  El Seibo,  Bayaguana,  no se encontraron personas aisladas,  pero si los vestigios de una gran inundación en Hato Mayor, después  que comenzaron a bajar las aguas después de inundar parte de la ciudad. Este segmento fue observado por los pilotos, Waldo Pons, Richard Delgado, Rafael Lugo y Arturo Monzón.  También  volaron  por Pimentel,  Castillo y Cotui, donde encontraron  áreas agrícolas inundadas, arroz,  platanales derribados.

El plan de observaciones aéreas fue coordinado por el líder del Ala Aérea de los Auxiliares, Dr. Federico Suero, el  Centro de Operaciones  de la Fuerza Aérea Dominicana, y el Coronel Ramón  Pirón,  Coordinador  SAR de Búsqueda y Emergencia del IDAC, y el Coronel Karin Hernández,  Jefe de Operaciones de la Fuerza Aérea Dominicana.

Following a morning briefing and planning session at the Isabela-Higuero Airport #MDJB, The Dominican Naval Auxiliaries in coordination with IDAC (https://www.idac.gob.do/) and COE (https://www.coe.gob.do/ and with participation of the local aeroclubs pilots from Santo Domingo https://acd74.club/ and Santiago.

The flight looked for communities affected by flooding by the passing of tropical storm #Isaias

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About the AND ( Auxiliares Navales Dominicanos)

The Dominican Naval Auxiliaries and their Air Wing are an institution of pilots and captains of vessels with a spirit of service that voluntarily they are the civil arm of the Dominican Republic Navy, that supports the government in the event of air and naval accidents in Dominican coasts, and are activated whenever they are required by the Navy.

Inspection plans are being drawn up at the International Airport Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, and coordinating with the Operations Center of the Dominican Air Force, its Rescue Squadron, and the Department of
Flight Standards of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), for be carried out when the weather conditions are normalized, and the Planes and helicopters can fly safely.

The Dominican Naval Auxiliaries and their Air Wing are an institution of pilots and captains of vessels with a spirit of service that voluntarily they are the civil arm of the Dominican Republic Navy, that supports the government in the event of air and naval accidents in Dominican coasts, and are activated whenever they are required by the Navy.

The National Commodore pointed out that the flights will be effective as soon the weather conditions will surely allow it, and the volunteers receive coordination instructions for affected places, height of flight and reporting procedures to guide the help that will be needed in the places inspected from the air and the sea by the Naval Auxiliaries Dominicans.

The security gate raised in block, concrete and cyclonic mesh, has a length of 4,475 linear meters, it complies with regulations established by ICAO to safeguard the safety of users and facilities, and meets all technical requirements for that type of installation in accordance with applicable safety standards.
This work is the result of the fulfillment of a collaboration agreement inter-institutional signing by the then Commander General of the Force Air of the Dominican Republic, Major General Pilot Luis Napoleón
Payán Díaz and Lic. Marino A. Collante Gómez, Executive Director of the Airport Department.

Upon delivery of the work, Marino Collante stated that this infrastructure adds to the list of executions carried out during his administration in the development of the national airport system, in accordance with the mandate of Law No. 8- 1978 that creates the Airport Department and the guidelines ordered by
the President of the Republic, Lic. Danilo Medina Sánchez.

Collante Gómez assured that mutual collaboration constitutes one of the basic principles of public administration and are an effective mechanism to promote dynamic and sustainable development processes that conform to the changes and demands of the time.

In this context, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the State continues with its role to assure the citizens the existence of solid bases to continue with the development of the nation, despite the new challenges that the advance of this disease, which we are sure will overcome its progress and we will resume the course of the nation’s economic growth and stability health of our citizens, said the airport official at
deliver the work in the border city of Dajabón.

“Hydroxychloroquine is a medicine with potential to improve the situation of many affected,” Montalvo said during a message broadcast through state platforms.

According to the Minister of the Presidency, that first batch will be available to the population, starting next Monday.

Montalvo also stressed that a medication treatment guide was approved, which establishes the appropriate action protocols for the administration, by health professionals, of those medicines that have shown their effectiveness.

“With the guide: it is established in which cases they should be applied, how they are combined and what doses are appropriate in each situation,” added the minister of the presidency.

Cirrus Trip to Punta Cana from Eduardo Garcia Youtube Channel.

Also eating a “Blind Paella”. Seafood dish after Punta Cana MDPC Arrival.

Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK3eqkrB4Zk

SANTO DOMINGO.- For the fifth consecutive year, the Executive Director of the Airport Department, Lic. Marino A. Collante Gómez, presented the Management Report corresponding to the period October 2018-2019, in which he collects in a broad way, the main actions carried out by its administration in this last year.

Together with the members of the Airport Commission, sector authorities, officials, special guests and servers of the institution, Collante Gómez expressed the satisfaction he feels when he is accountable to the country, about the work done in front of the official institution, which is going according to the guidelines of the constitutional president of the Republic, Mr. Danilo Medina Sánchez.

In the event, the new institutional image of the Airport Department was presented, an action that is conceived as a valuable resource to transmit the entity’s work dynamics.

The new graphic brand of the Airport Department is an imagologist, which seeks to reflect in a simple way, through the treatment of forms and connotation, the main values ​​of the institution, making the analogy between a bird that reaches the nest and the user that arrives at an airport point, where it feels safe and welcome

A bird was selected; specifically a Cigua Palmera, to visually represent that the institution has the desire to express its commitment to the environment and the identity of the national bird.
The graphic elements, the color palette and typography respond to the need to give the new image a fresh and modern character, while maintaining its institutionality.

Marino Collante reported that as he had predicted during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Airport Department in November 2018, this 2019 would be a year of great progress for the National Airport System.

The agreement was signed by Marino A. Collante Gómez, executive director of the Airport Department and Mónika Infante, secretary of the Board of Directors of ACI-LAC and CEO of Dominican Airports Siglo XXI (Aerodom).

The agreement establishes communication and exchange mechanisms to achieve cooperation that will improve and promote air transport in the country, including initiatives related to regulation and best airport management practices, participation in international training and training events, as well as Identification of other possible joint projects.

“We are excited to sign this agreement with the Airport Department that will strengthen cooperation between both entities, seeking to raise standards and promote professional excellence in airport management,” said Mónika Infante, secretary of the Board of Directors of ACI-LAC and CEO of Aerodom.

For his part, the executive director of the Marino Collante Airport Department said that the agreement reached will benefit the entire aviation industry, as well as the populations served by air transport, by facilitating access to international training and workshops, as well as access to better airport management practices.

Thanks to the agreement reached, ACI-LAC and the DA will cooperate in the technical areas of international civil aviation, particularly in the training and training of human resources in the fields of airport management, airport security, operational security, environment and other issues of common interest.

ACI-LAC is the regional office of Airports Council International, the only professional association of airport operators worldwide. ACI-LAC represents more than 270 airports in 34 countries and territories. Member airports manage 95% of commercial air traffic in Latin America and the Caribbean, receiving more than 570 million passengers, 5.4 million tons of cargo and more than 9 million aircraft movements each year.