The director of the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) Alejandro Herrera said during a TV talk show on Sunday, 14 May 2017, that the government would be carrying out improvements at the Maria Montez International Airport in Barahona and the Cabo Rojo domestic air field in Pedernales.
Herrera said that President Danilo Medina had inspected the Cabo Rojo airport after flying in when taking investors to see Bahia de las Aguilas, a beach area that will soon be open to tourism investments.
“Logically, for there to be multi-million dollar investments in Bahia de las Aguilas there has to be extensive renovations of the Cabo Rojo in Pedernales and Maria Montez in Barahona airports, as well as general improvements all the services and infrastructure in the area,” he said when interviewed by Héctor Herrera Cabral on D´Agenda on Telesistema, Channel 11.
Herrera also spoke of the continued increase in the number of flights to the Dominican Republic. He said in the first quarter of 2017 there has been a 1.28% increase in air operations. He said so far this year 500 more flights have come compared to air traffic in 2016. He stated that so far in 2017, there has been a rebound in the number of flights to Puerto Plata and La Romana, as well as Samana. He said the Dominican Republic is enjoying a boom time for air transportation and tourism is stimulating the economy.
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El Nacional
15 May 2017
