The executive director of the Airport Department (DA), Víctor Pichardo, toured the facilities of the Osvaldo Virgil domestic airport, in the Montecristi province, where he supervised the work being carried out, as part of the rescue and rehabilitation project of the airport terminals households across the country.
And it is precisely that, next Monday, March 28 and April 11, the airport will receive a significant number of aircraft that will participate in the first Air Rally RD 2022 and the International Fly In Montecristi 2022, organized by the renowned aviation promoters privately, Catherine Toberas and Jim Parker, respectively.
The works that are being carried out in coordination with the Ministry of Public Works consist of resurfacing the track, which measures 1,230 meters by 22 meters wide, since it was 15 years old without being intervened.
Pichardo toured the airport together with the provincial governor, Nelsy Cruz Martínez, and the deputy executive director, Abelardo Rutinel, where he also indicated that the renovation includes the aircraft parking platform, repair of the perimeter fence, and reconditioning of the terminal building.
“This airport is going to become one of the emblematic points for non-commercial private aviation tourism in the Dominican Republic, since more than 40,000 aircraft pass through the Atlantic that visit the Bahamas and other islands in search of tourism. nice”, Pichardo expressed enthusiastically.
He pointed out that with the support of all the agencies in the sector, the Ministry of Public Works, the provincial government, as well as the strong support of the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, the rescue and maintenance of private aviation tourism in the national territory.
In a second stage, the works also contemplate the construction of a more modern terminal, which can accommodate pilots, both national and foreign.
Referring to the issue, the governor, Cruz Martínez, said that “everything that is being done at the Osvaldo Virgil domestic airport, lagging behind for a long time, comes to boost the province’s economy.”
He pointed out that the initiative will allow tourists who visit, to know the beauty of the province and, at the same time, contribute to the increase of the different economic activities.
