Air Transat plans on offering a direct flight from Windsor to Punta Cana.

The airline will offer weekly flights from Windsor International Airport to Punta Cana on Mondays between Dec. 21, 2015 and April 4, 2016.

 “I’m thrilled to welcome Air Transat to our growing list of partners at YQG”, said Windsor mayor and airport board chair Drew Dilkens. “They’ve made a great success of flights like this from other cities and now Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent and Michigan residents will benefit from the convenience of a quick flight south”.

Air Transat joins Air Canada, Porter, Sunwing and West Jet as flight options at the Windsor airport.

Dilkens eluded to some exciting news at for the Windsor airport in a tweet on Tuesday.