This ERJ-190 of SkyHigh Dominicana carries interesting livery. Originally its basic colour was white and the company logo on the tail has been in the old style, now it was repainted into basic grey colour and it has a new style logo on the tail, while on the fuselage the old style logo has been retained. It is unknown to me whether the reason for logo style change has something to do with the fact, that the original logo resembled the one of the bankrupt Slovak operator SkyEurope Airlines...
Canadian airline Jetlines does not fly very rich network and so during my recent visit to Toronto its aircraft were mostly parked on the ground. Luckily in Santo Domingo one of its A320s taxied right in front of me.
It is already very rare to see the "flying shoe box" in Europe these days. However, the US airline Air Cargo Carriers is proud of its fleet and uses them besides Continental US also from its base in San Juan around the Caribbean.
InterCaribbean Airways from Turks and Caicos Islands is almost unknown in our territory, however it operates twice daily to Santo Domingo not only from its home base but also from the British Virgin Islands with a mix of ATR-42, ATR-72, ERJ-145 and EMB-120 aircraft types.
SKYhigh Dominicana has its seat in Santo Domingo and its route network along Caribbean is based on the first generation of Embraer´s E-Jets, ERJ-190 and ERJ-175.
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.
