Samaná El Catey International Airport

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The Aeropuerto Internacional de El Catey " Samana ", " Aeropuerto Profesor Juan Bosch" ( IATA: AZS, ICAO code: MDCY, in short: Aeropuerto El Catey, sporadically Aeropuerto Samaná ) is an international airport, in the north - east of the Dominican Republic, 22 km south- east of Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez province, 14 km north- west of Sánchez, Samaná province and 8 km east of the highway to Santo Domingo ( Autopista Papa Juan Pablo II) is. The airport was opened on 1 November 2006. The construction costs were $ 80 million.

In El Catey aircraft can launch up to a size of the Boeing 747 and land. The airport has 45,000 m² of floor space, provides space for up to four Boeing 747. The passenger hall of 9,000 m² and an additional area on the first floor of 1,000 m² and 28 check- in counters, two baggage conveyors and two passenger terminals allow a clearance of up to 600 passengers per hour at peak times.

History

In order to promote tourism on the Samana peninsula, the end of 1999 the expansion of the existing airport Arroyo Barril within the contract with the company Aerodom Siglo XXI was adopted. However, in early 2001, the contract had to be changed because of the acquisition of the necessary land would have been too costly for the expansion of the existing airport and also the hilly terrain was considered unfavorable for flight operations. In place of the extension of the new building was approved. Construction of the airport was contractually fixed at the end of May 2001 and should bear the name " Aeropuerto Internacional de Samaná ."

In September 2003, members of Congress complained that the construction is still not completed and passed a resolution that the licensee should be encouraged to continue the construction work. Similarly, the Secretary of the public works should be asked to pay the outstanding payments for the land, as more than a hundred families had to leave the grounds and are still waiting for compensation. At that time was already the international airport " El Catey " and not spoken " Samana ".

In February 2005, President Leonel Fernandez promised a number of structures to promote, among others, the El Catey Airport, so the recovery of Samaná will be guaranteed as a tourist area.

In November 2006, the airport began operations and was officially opened on 7 February 2007. In honor of President Juan Bosch, he was named after him on this occasion.

Traffic figures

The airport is used almost exclusively by foreign passengers ( 99.3%), mainly from Canada ( 52.5 %), France (15.3% ), Portugal ( 7.16% ), Argentina ( 7.1%), England ( 6.4% ) and Sweden ( 4.5%) originate. (As of 1st four months of 2011)

* Only charter, information for regular flights are missing

Fluggesellschaften

In the summer timetable 2011 and the winter timetable 2011/2012 of the Condor El Catey is (or Samana ) is no longer listed as the destination. Similarly, no flight movements of the Condor and from El Catey are recorded since May 2010. Also at Air Berlin, which took over LTU in 2007, the airport has been withdrawn from the program and since 2010 no flight movements are more records.