Probably the most precious catch among Venezuelan carriers, somehow main aim of this Latin American trip, is this MD-83 operated by Venezolana. As it is not visible on FR24 and operates really unregularly, it flew over my head around noon when I already gave up my waiting at the seaside near the airport. Luckily later, during an apron visit, it was still parked there in its full beauty and they even removed the stairs for us :-)
Low-cost carrier Arajet has its seat in Santo Domingo and operates not only in the region, but also to Canada. I used it for my transport back to Bogota and thanks to a stop in Santiago (de los Caballeros) I discovered that the city of such name exists also in the Dominican Republic, where most people recognize only seaside locations such as Punta Cana, Puerto Plata or La Romana.
Many people left Venezuela for work abroad due to poverty. One of such countries is also the Dominican Republic, visited thanks to a large Venezuelan workers community by many local airlines, among them Laser Airlines.
Flights between Venezuela and Dominican Republic are often irregular and some of them are not visible in the history on FR24. During my visit I was pleased by two Boeing 737-300s of Rutaca Airlines within a short time.
There are also numerous cargo flights, especially from the USA, to the Las Americas International Airport in the Dominican Republic capital Santo Domingo. One of them during my visit was also this converted B767-300 of Northern Air Cargo.
