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The low-cost carrier is now offering this route every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.

The nonstop three-and-a-half-hour flight departs Colombia's second largest city each day at 12:30 pm local time.

The only direct flight available between the two cities will operate twice per week, on Monday and Thursday, according to the Dominican low-cost airline.

The inaugural flight on the new route will take off on November 17 and tickets will continue being sold for weekend-only travel through April 28 of next year

During the first year, the carrier expects to transport some 31,000 passengers between Miami and Santa Marta, which it has named its third hub in Colombia.

“To reach 94 million, it is necessary to continue strengthening the airport infrastructure,” said Juan Carlos Salazar, director of Aerocivil.

The largest cause of the decline was a prolonged strike this fall by more than half of the Colombian pilots working for Avianca.

The Santiago-based airline expects to transport some 33,000 people on this route per year.

SAI supports ground operations including aircraft dispatch, engine starting, counter check-in, and cabin cleaning.

"Inaction is not an option," said John Kelly, head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a warning to international airports.