Hagan los preparativos para hablar mexicano, comer mexicano, y adoptar la cultura mexicana queridos puertorrriqueños. Puerto Rico prepares to unveil $200M worth of airport renovations Tuesday, July 1, 2014 By Danica Coto, The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Ricos main international airport is scheduled to reopen two terminals by next year as part of a nearly $200 million renovation and security upgrade, officials said Tuesday. The first terminal is scheduled to open in November and the second in December 2015. Both will feature high-end retail stores and new restaurants, as well as automated baggage scanners currently used only by six other airports in the mainland U.S., according to Agustin Arellano, CEO of Aerostar Airport Holdings, a Mexican company. Spirit, Delta Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines are scheduled to move into the first terminal by February, he said during a media tour of the renovations. Aerostar also is pushing to attract new airlines, with Norwegian Air Shuttle expected to offer flights to Norway and Sweden by years end, Arellano said. The renovations have generated nearly 3,000 jobs, according to Aerostar, a joint venture of Highstar Capital and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, which operates the Cancun airport and eight other airports in southeastern Mexico. Tuesdays announcement comes more than a year after Aerostar signed a $2.6 billion deal with Puerto Ricos government and took over operations of the Luis Munoz Marin airport in San Juan. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said at the time that the deal was necessary because the islands Port Authority was struggling with some $1 billion debt and could not afford to improve or expand the airport. The airport currently handles about 8.5 million passengers a year and is served by 31 airlines.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 01:45:06 +0000
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