Dominair

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Dominair, S.A.
IATA ICAO Call sign
YUADMDOMINAIR
Founded1974
Ceased operations2007
Hubs Cibao International Airport
Secondary hubs Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (until 1999)
Focus cities Toussaint Louverture International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations2
Parent company Líneas Dominicanas, Inc.
Headquarters Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Dominair, S.A. was a passenger regional airline based in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, that offered flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, until 2007. Before that, it was a popular airline with regular flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico, using two de Havilland Canada Dash 8. The airline is now defunct and previously only flew to Port-au-Prince and had a fleet composed of two leased L-410 Turbolet.[ citation needed ]

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