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Las Américas International Airport, a VINCI Airport
The International Airport of Las Américas – José Francisco Peña Gómez (SDQ) is the main air terminal in the Dominican Republic due to its location and ranks second in the flow of regular passengers in the country.
Located in Santo Domingo at 42 minutes (32.4 km) from the city centre and 17 minutes (11.8 km) from Boca Chica beach, it has 10 boarding bridges that facilitate an average of 160 aircraft daily movements from different cities in Europe, North, South, Central America and the Caribbean islands.
Recently, SDQ airport was intervened by VINCI Airports to expand the central atrium of the passenger terminal, which included the relocation and modernization of the security and passport control services. The airport also has a new shopping plaza with duty-free stores and six new restaurants.








In High Demand
The Dominican Republic is one of the most desired destinations for a combined business and leisure trip. Offering the most varied landscape in the Caribbean–from sea to mountain ranges, valleys, sand dunes, and signature continuous white sand beaches–along with a wide choice of accommodations, modern transportation and venue infrastructure, and a plethora of attractions, the DR blends work and play seamlessly. Its soaring visitor numbers–the highest in the region, currently over six million a year–reflect the destination’s efforts in continuously upgrading all aspects of the visitor experience, from lodging to highways, entertainment, historical and cultural preservation, and meeting and convention spaces.
Visit the Dominican Republic Tourism Official Website to learn more.

Santo Domingo's Connectivity to the World
Latin America and Caribbean:
- Various direct flights to Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela
- Multiple daily connections to Latin American hubs such as Panama with Copa (4-5 daily), Bogota with Avianca (1 daily) and Mexico with AeroMexico (1 daily)
North America:
- Multiple direct flights to the US East Coast and Canada such as New York, Miami, Boston and Washington
- Strong connections to the main US hubs, for instance Miami and Charlotte with American Airlines, Atlanta with Delta Airlines and Newark with United Airlines


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“Thank you, team CONNECT for a wonderful event in Tampere. We are always happy being a close partner of CONNECT and good friends with all of you!”
“As always CONNECT was fantastic, congratulations to all the team and to Karin for the wonderful organisation, missing to be part of the organisation. Fantastic event, fantastic organisation & fantastic people!”
“The event was as always perfectly organized. CONNECT has managed to grow significantly over the last years without losing its friendliness and professionalism.”
“During the event we had a lot of scheduled and unscheduled meetings, giving us many opportunities to meet with airport delegates. Thank you for the help and support!”
“Once again there has been a great hospitality and cordial atmosphere, with a meticulous attention to detail in arranging every possible thing for the participants. Everyone who matters in the European market was here.”
“We performed 60 meetings in three days with the airports we were looking for, it would have took us months to achieve that without CONNECT. We got an excellent return on investment and we ended up having concrete request for commercial proposals. Real value for money!”
“CONNECT is a well organised event with a friendly yet professional atmosphere. It is an important part of Newcastle International Airport’s calendar of engagement with current and prospective airline partners.”
“Thank you so much for the excellent organisation, I only could spend 24h at CONNECT but it was 200% worth it!”
“This was the first time I came to CONNECT in a few years and was impressed to see how much it has developed whilst retaining its small event feel with a quality meeting structure and networking.”
“Perfect hospitality. The number of confirmed meetings exceeded our expectations.”
“I had 2 contracts confirmed after the first day and am now in serious talks with potential customers regarding other contracts. A successful event for me!”
“Attending CONNECT is always a very good opportunity to meet wonderful people and work on great projects. Always pleased to be a very small piece of the big puzzle of aviation.”
“CONNECT enabled us to meet with a good number of our airline partners. We were also able to take the temperature of the industry in terms of how other airports and industry leaders see things.”
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“First time in CONNECT for Madagascar’s team and thank you so much, everything was perfect!”
“Our onsite meetings were trebled with help from the CONNECT team, and we are more than satisfied with these discussions, that are the beginning of long conversations opened up for the future.”
“CONNECT offers the opportunity to network and catch-up with airports from Europe and beyond, in a very relaxed setting. In 2020, the event helped us launch 5 new routes to Italy and France. In 2022 we will be in Tampere to join new conversations and new projects for our network.”
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“What a great event and host city. The easyJet team and I really enjoyed our time and loved the Finnish hospitality. Thank you!”
“The event exceeded our expectations. It was very well-organised and we had lots of opportunities to meet and discuss with airlines and airports.”
“I managed to have over 20 scheduled meetings with current and potential airline partners”
“I had more meetings than expected. Very professional and highly effective in a cordial and relaxed environment. A great event!”
“Second time at CONNECT and it just gets better, thank you for a great conference!”
“Thank you for the event organisation. As always excellent organisation, quality meetings, transfers worked well, and the food was great during the event (which makes a massive difference). Thank you, we look forward to next year’s event!”