Puerto Plata airport will reopen on July 4
The operations of the Gregorio Luperón international airport, in this city, will be restarted from next July 4, the director general of that air terminal reported.
Enrique Pichardo indicated that in principle it will start with a daily flight of the American Airlines line and the Jet Blue company will restart its daily operations from July 6 with another additional flight from the 15 of the same month.
Pichardo offered this information during a meeting held at the Golf Club of the Playa Dorada tourist complex, where representatives of the public and private sector reviewed the situation that the covid-19 has left and its consequences that have affected all productive activities, commercial and business of this province.
“We have very good expectations for the restart of commercial and passenger flights from July 4 next,” said Pichardo.
While Mrs. Sharon Moi, executive director of the Amber Cove cruise terminal, in the municipality of Maimon, reported that there is still no specific date for the restart of the arrival of the cruises to that place.
He specified that everything will depend on how the pandemic continues to evolve, which has forced to suspend all activities of ships with cruise passengers.
César José de los Santos, president of the Puerto Plata Tourism Cluster (CTDPP) declared that the businessmen of the sector are waiting for the restoration of all activities to recover a large part of the losses they have suffered due to the suspension of the arrival of tourists. both by sea and by air.
Macarena Velazquez, of the consortium that builds a new cruise terminal in this city, reported that as soon as possible, work will be restarted for the completion of that work.
Source: Diario Puerto Plata
June 1, 2020
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