International flights have been arriving to the new Terminal B of the Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) since Friday, 30 June 2023 when an American Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States officially marked the start of Terminal B operations.
PUJ is the first private airport to open to international commercial use in the world. Today it is the busiest in the Dominican Republic and the one with the greatest connectivity in the Caribbean, connecting 64 cities and 26 countries around the world, moving eight million passengers a year at its Terminal A and small plane terminal.
Frank Elias Rainieri, president of the Puntacana Group, says the Punta Cana International Airport now has capacity to handle 11 million passengers a year.
The Puntacana Group invested US$90 million in the Terminal B. It is prepared for mobilizing 5,000 passengers per hour and four million passengers per year. Terminal B covers an area of 35,000 square meters and has seven boarding gates and seven air bridges. The expansion was developed by local architects and engineers.
Rainieri has high hopes travelers will enjoy the Punta Cana International Airport experience. “We have great expectations with this extension, which raises the standards of our airport to an international level, because we believe in service, innovation and imagination,” Rainieri said.
According to the Puntacana Group press release, this is one of the most modern airport terminals in the region, with an avantgarde design and infrastructure advances and technology. The airport has been fitted with flight self-registration kiosks, migration with e-gates, 10 state-of-the-art body scanners, eight tomographic machines and four automated machines. The terminal has a VIP Lounge with a pool and view of the runway, Fast Track service, modern food truck area with wide variety of food service.
Punta Cana International has two runways, 27 boarding gates, 30 aircraft parking areas and three VIP lounges. It also has its own Recycling and Incineration Center, where 60% of the waste it generates is recycled.
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Puntacana Group
11 July 2023