Starting this winter, Air Caraïbes—an airline that gets little attention internationally—will begin a brand-new very short widebody service. It will operate triangularly: Paris Orly- Samana-Santo Domingo -Paris Orly. The Samana-Santo Domingo leg is entirely within the Dominican Republic, with no traffic rights available. It may appear in my Weekly Routes article ( see the most recent edition here ).

The 389-seat Airbus A350-900 will be used, with ch-aviation showing that the carrier has four of them. Samana-Santo Domingo has a 40-minute block time . It will cover just 50 nautical miles (93 km) each way. Despite these things, it will not be the world's shortest twin-aisle operation by either time or distance.

A Quick Look At Air Caraïbes's Coming Service

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