Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana anuncia novedades en el marco de DATE 2023
Punta Cana, La Altagracia. - Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) announced the opening of the extension of Terminal B and the installation of new technological equipment to streamline passenger security and experience, as part of the 23rd edition of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange 2023 (DATE) by the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (ASONAHORES).
The expansion of the Punta Cana International Airport's Terminal B has an investment of USD $80 million, with a capacity to mobilize 3 million passengers. This project will have an extension of about 35,000 m² and will have seven boarding gates and seven air bridges. The expansion is being handled by local architects and engineers.
"In recent years, Punta Cana International Airport has experienced considerable growth in its operations, making it the busiest airport in the Dominican Republic. This has required the infrastructure and technological equipment to be adapted to facilitate aviation security processes, optimizing the results of security and better facilitation of said processes," said Alberto Smith, Director of Landside Operations.
These technological advances have been the result of the joint work of the Puntacana Group and the Specialized Body in Airport Security and Civil Aviation (CESAC), in close collaboration and coordination through studies, planning, and design of the structures of the new facilities and the acquisition of technological security equipment.
Some of the new technological implementations are Smart Path - biometrics for check-in procedures without agent assistance, self-service kiosk and mobile technology with fast and secure biometric enrollment/registration, self-service baggage dispatch with biometric verification, self-service single or double electronic boarding gates, access control to secure areas, and automated border control.
In addition, the new self-check-in kiosks with luggage tag printing, an Explosive Detection System (EDS) at the security checkpoint and baggage carousel, new security screens, auto-gates, self-service boarding, ABC kiosks in the arrival migration area, and the self-service bag drop will be implemented soon.
It should be noted that the Punta Cana International Airport achieved a record of 8 million passengers, becoming the first airport in the country to reach this figure, demonstrating the growth of the Dominican tourism industry.
This year, the Punta Cana International Airport was awarded for the seventh consecutive year as the "Best Airport by Size and Region" in the category of 5 to 15 million passengers in the Caribbean and Latin America.
About DATE 2023
With the participation of more than 160 suppliers and buyers from 20 countries, DATE 2023 is held from April 26-28 at the Barceló Bávaro Convention Center.
About the Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)
Opened in 1983, it is the first privately-owned commercial international airport in the world, the busiest in the Dominican Republic, and the most connected in the Caribbean, linking 64 cities and 26 countries around the world, moving eight million passengers annually.
It has two runways, 27 boarding gates, 30 aircraft parking spaces, and three VIP lounges. It also has its own Recycling and Incineration Center, where 60% of the waste it generates is recycled.