A report in Hoy newspaper says that the new La Isabela Airport of Santo Domingo will be ready by the end of the Fernández administration. The report says that the airport will be able to handle American Eagle 70-passenger aircraft. The runway is 1,650 meters by 30 meters wide, and meets all OACI and FAA requirements. The airport is going up at a cost of RD$300 million at a time when the government has privatized all other airports in the DR. (13 March 2000)
