PUNTA CANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

'Punta Cana International Airport' is a privately owned commercial airport in Punta Cana, eastern Dominican Republic. The airport is built in a traditional Dominican style with open-air terminals with their roofs covered in palm fronds. A number of scheduled and charter airlines fly to Punta Cana. The airport handled more than 1 million visitors in 2002, making it the busiest airport in the Dominican Republic. The operators plan to upgrade the airport, including adding another runway.

Contents

New runway planned

3rd Caribbean airport

Airlines and destinations

International Terminal

International Destinations

Domestic Terminal

Domestic destinations

References

External links

New runway planned

Due to the growing number of air traffic at Punta Cana International Airport, there are plans to construct a new runway in the near future.
The runway will be built on the north side of the current runway and it will be able to accommodate an Airbus A380.
This project is still in the planning stages, as it is still missing the approval from the government. If approved, constructions will commence at the end of 2008.

3rd Caribbean airport

Punta Cana airport is the Dominican leader in number of arrivals of passengers, and is the third busiest airport in the Caribbean, after Cancún and San Juan. It is also the fastest growing airport with almost 20% increase in traffic yearly, which indicates that in less than 5 years the aircraft movements will double. At the moment the airport counts on two international terminals, one vip, domestic and a FBO, a main incline with 12 positions.

Airlines and destinations

International Terminal

The Main Terminal has 12 gates in the ramp and it isn't enought for all the flights received in this airport in a day. It is divided in two parts: FBO Terminal and VIP Terminal and it has very modern facilities in a Dominican style.

International Destinations

★ Aeropostal (Caracas)

★ Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Moncton, Toronto-Pearson)

★ Air Comet (Madrid, Barcelona)

★ Air Europa (Madrid)

★ Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)

★ Air Pullmantur (Madrid)

★ Air Transat (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, St. John's, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg)

★ Aladia (Cancun)

★ American Airlines (Miami, New York-JFK)

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★ American Eagle (San Juan)

★ American Trans Air (San Juan, Miami) [Seasonal]

★ Aserca Airlines (Caracas, Santo Domingo)

★ Avianca (Bogotá)

★ CanJet (Halifax, Quebec City)

★ Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)

★ Continental Airlines (Newark)

★ Conviasa (Caracas) [seasonal]

★ Copa Airlines (Panama City)

★ Corsairfly (Paris-Orly)

★ Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)

★ Edelweiss Air (Zurich)

★ EuroAtlantic Airways (Faro, Lisbon)

★ Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)

★ Hifly (Lisbon)

★ Iberworld (Madrid, Barcelona)

★ Jetairfly (Brussels)

★ LAN Airlines (Miami, Santiagode Chile)

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★ LAN Argentina (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza)

★ Lauda Air (Vienna)

★ Livingston Airlines (Milan-Malpensa, Antigua, St. Lucia)

★ LTU International (Berlin-Schönefeld [ends October 2007], Berlin-Tegel [starts November 2007], Düsseldorf, Leipzig/Halle, Munich)

★ Martinair (Amsterdam, Brussels)

★ Miami Air (Miami, Bermuda, San Juan) [Seasonal]

★ MyTravel Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))

★ Monarch Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))

★ Neos (Milan-Malpensa)

★ North American Airlines (New York-JFK, San Juan)

★ Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]

★ Orbest (Lisbon)

★ Sata International (Lisbon)

★ Skyservice (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Kitchener, Montreal, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg)

★ Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale)

★ Star Airlines (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)

★ Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul) [seasonal]

★ Sunwing Airlines (Halifax, London (ON), Montreal, Ottawa, St. John's, Saint John, Toronto-Pearson)

★ Thomas Cook Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))

★ Thomsonfly (Birmingham [Starts In Summer 2008], London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), New Castle [begins May 4, 2008])

★ Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)^[1]

★ United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)

★ US Airways (Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia)

★ USA 3000 Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky [seasonal], Cleveland, Detroit, Hartford, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis)

★ Viva Air (Curazao, Santiago, San Juan)

★ WestJet (Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson [seasonal, starts December 13, 2007])

★ XL Airways (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))

★ Zoom Airlines (Montreal, Ottawa)

★ M&N Aviation (Aguadilla, San Juan)

★ Pan Am World Airways Dominicana (Aguadilla)

Domestic Terminal

Located next to the International Terminal, is used for flights from others Dominican airports like Las Americas Intl, and Cibao Intl and some private flights form all parts of the world.

Domestic destinations

★ Aeronaves Dominicanas (Santo Domingo, Samaná)

★ Air Century (Santo Domingo)

★ Caribair (Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Samana, Montecristi, La Romana, Santiago) ''as international as'' (St. Maarten, Port of Spain)

★ M&N Aviation (Santiago)

★ Pan Am World Airways Dominicana (Santo Domingo)

★ Viva Air (Santiago, Santo Domingo)

Image:DCAM0192.JPG|Martinair B767-300ER at Punta Cana Airport
Image:DCAM0195.JPG|LAN B767-300ER pulling into Punta Cana Airport

References

1. Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", ''Summer Air Traffic Schedule 25.03.2007 - 27.10.2007 (Airports - Russian international)'', 29 May 2007, p. 53

External links

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★ Grupo Punta Cana website

★ FlightAware