TAM Airlines announced its newest international route, launching in December. The carrier will operate service between Brasilia, Brazil, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The new flight is part of the LATAM Airline Group’s strategy to strengthen the connectivity of its international markets, with a focus in Latin America.

TAM will operate the route with Airbus A319 aircraft with capacity for 144 passengers. Flights depart Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Flight JJ8104 departs Brasilia (BSB) at 11:25 a.m., arriving in Punta Cana (PUJ) at 3:45 p.m. local time. The return flight JJ8105 leaves Punta Cana at 10:55 p.m, and arrives in Brasilia at 7:10 a.m. local time the following day.

The airport in Brasilia offers fast, direct connections to other cities in Brazil, including Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba and Porto Alegre, thanks to its strategic, central geographic position in the country.

“We are constantly expanding our foreign network. Following Toronto, Punta del Este and Barcelona, this is the fourth new international destination in 2015,” said Claudia Sender, CEO, TAM S.A. “The service also reinforces our commitment to strategically promote our connectivity from Brasilia, where we recently launched non-stop flights to Orlando, in the United States, and Buenos Aires, in Argentina.”

Tickets for the new service are now available Dec. 5, 2015, to March 15, 2016. Flights after this period are pending authorization by Dominican authorities, and should be announced soon.