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Starting in December, Air Caraïbes will introduce a new short-haul widebody service as part of its Paris Orly-Samana-Santo Domingo-Paris Orly route. The Samana-Santo Domingo segment, which is entirely within the Dominican Republic and does not have traffic rights, is scheduled to take 40 minutes and covers just 50 nautical miles (93 kilometers). This flight will be operated using the airline’s Airbus A350-900 aircraft, which seats 389 passengers.
Air Caraïbes has been flying from Paris Orly to Santo Domingo for 13 years but has not previously served Samana. The addition of Samana will provide the only direct link from Europe to this destination on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The first flight is set for December 15, with service increasing from once weekly to twice weekly by early 2026. The stop in Samana offers a cost-effective way for Air Caraïbes to serve the area while limiting risk.
Over the past twenty years, Samana has received flights from various European cities including Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Lisbon, London Gatwick, Madrid, Milan Malpensa, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Paris CDG and Paris Orly (until 2008), and Stockholm Arlanda.
