A recently formed Dominican airline is asking permission from the Department of Transportation to launch service to the U.S.
In a filing submitted Monday, Sunrise Dominicana said it plans to operate regular scheduled service and charter flights between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. It is asking for exemption authority for five years.
The carrier said it is leasing an Embraer 120, an ERJ 135, and two British Aerospace Jetstreams.
Sunrise Dominicana was formed in 2022 and certificated for operations in the Dominican Republic in 2025.
The airline did not say which airports in the U.S. it hopes to serve.
Sunrise Dominicana has its main base at Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo. It currently flies to destinations in the Caribbean, such as Antigua and Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, officials said in the filing.
The airline’s president, Philippe Bayard, is also the founder of Haiti-based Sunrise Airways. That airline now serves two destinations in the U.S., Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
