After the formal and successful inauguration of the expansion of the Terminal B of the Punta Cana airporthe Puntacana Group It is precisely to renovate Terminal A, in order to adapt it to the new standards, thus preparing to receive a greater volume of passengers that are projected for the coming years.
In that sense, the director of Landside Operations at the Punta Cana airport, Albert Smithexplained that after passing the conceptual phase, since they have to carry out the work gradually, they are working on the review of the expansion and remodeling plans and the points to intervene have been identified to begin the process this year 2024.
He informed arecoa.com that the work will take around 3 years to bring Terminal A to a higher level. «It is a terminal that is not going to be new but rather we have to work on the passenger and this makes it a little more complex and less easy to intervene, but we are clear about what we want and we are determining the times and amount of execution, and then a clear date of when it will be 100% renewed,” he recalled.
Smith explained that the new process, which is almost beginning, is key because “we have been evolving more and the aforementioned terminal has fallen a little behind.”
The manager explained that the new terminal B focuses on comfort, expansion, height and a different decoration “because obviously we must keep up with the times.”
«The times of the artisanal airport that we once had, it no longer exists, literally as it was, but we do maintain the identity of the Punta Cana airport and above all because we have to respond to the needs of the passenger who tells us what they require from the airport. “Time to Travel,” he stressed.
He said that “we are prepared to meet the growing demand and stay at the forefront of the airport industry.”
Smith indicated that they estimate a growing demand for passengers, so by the closing of 2024 in the terminal an increase of one million to one million 200 thousand is expected in passenger traffic versus last year 2023. «Last year we closed at 9.1 million (entry and exit) and we project 10.2 or 10.3 million passengers.
As for the airlines that operate at the airport, he indicated that they remain the same although they are increasing their routes. «The important thing is that we have solidity in the airlines we manage, extending their operations. The novelty at the Punta Cana airport is the integration of Air Century to the inventory,” he said.
