The Dominican Republic and FltPlan.com signed a formal agreement at SUN ‘n FUN for the Dominican Republic to become the first country in the Caribbean to accept electronic flight plans.

Previously, outside the U.S and Canada, web-based flight plans only worked for flights from the Bahamas to the U.S.

Industry spokesmen said the expectation is that the Dominican Republic’s decision could revolutionize Caribbean flight planning, prompting other countries in the Caribbean Basin to also accept web-based flight plan platforms for departure flight plans. [Read more…]