VINCI Airports announces important improvements to the Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo
VINCI Airports, concessionaire of 6 airports in the Dominican Republic through its subsidiary AERODOM, announced important improvements to Las Américas Airport serving Dominican Republic´s capital city Santo Domingo, as part of an expansion and modernization project that seeks to transform the face of the airport.
With an investment of more than thirty million dollars, VINCI Airports will be executing a series of projects that include the remodeling of the Santo Domingo Airport (Las Americas)'s arrival area, renovation of the roofs, facades, lighting, information systems and air conditioning, as well as the expansion and renovation of the vehicle parking lot in order to improve passenger experience.
With the focus on achieving a successful and sustainable environmental transition, VINCI Airports is creating a roof of approximately 3,600 square meters at the airport terminal that will allow rainwater recovery. It is also in the final phase of construction of an additional 1.5 MWP solar power plant on the roof of the airport terminal.
The vehicle parking lot is being remodeled and expanded, including 400 additional parking spaces and renewing the gardening, road surface and signaling. This will allow to improve the distribution and flow of vehicles.
The check-in lobbies in the Departures area; as well as the entire Arrivals area will receive a complete renovation that includes changing floors and ceilings, as well as replace existing decoration with new and modern elements.
In the interest of modernizing the appearance of the terminal, coatings (ventilated façade type) will be installed on the entire aerial façade of the terminal. Likewise, the construction of a new Baggage Handling System (BHS) is currently underway, which includes a new management and classification system with modern security inspection and baggage classification machines, with triple redundancy.
Mónika Infante, CEO of AERODOM, declared: “AERODOM, as part of the VINCI Airports network, is proud to deliver these improvements as part of our partnership with the Dominican Republic. The works at the current terminal will be complemented with the construction of a state of the art new terminal that will continue to support the country’s tourism industry. We are committed to keep bringing positive momentum and sustainable transition in the country, as we have been doing since we started our operations in 2016”.
AERODOM is a Dominican company that holds the concession to operate six state airports in the country, expiring in 2060. AERODOM is responsible for Las Américas International airport serving Santo Domingo, the country’s capital; Gregorio Luperón airport in Puerto Plata, the gateway to the island’s second largest tourist destination; Presidente Juan Bosch and Arroyo Barril airports near Samaná; La Isabela in Santo Domingo and María Montez in Barahona. Since 2016, AERODOM is part of the VINCI Airports network. www.aerodom.com | @AerodomRD
The world’s leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 70 airports in 14 countries. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing infrastructure and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport operator to have committed to an international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero emissions across its entire network by 2050.
