Expansion of Punta Cana Terminal B: 17,293 passengers served in five days

The expansion of Terminal B of the Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) began operations, after the expansion works, with the arrival of its first flight on June 30, with the arrival of 189 passengers aboard American Airlines flight number 2925 from Charlotte, United States.

With only five days of opening, it has already received 60 flights and mobilized 17,923 passengers, operating initially with airlines from North America and with plans to expand to connectivity routes in Latin America and Europe, according to a press release.

“The expansion of Terminal B is one of our most anticipated projects this year, being an example in the aeronautical world, as there are few terminals in Latin America with this infrastructure design,” said Frank Elías Rainieri, president and CEO of Grupo Puntacana.

He said that this improvement is projected to allow the airport to have the capacity to, in total, “exceed 11 million passengers annually”.

“The expansion of Terminal B of the Punta Cana International Airport has an investment of more than US$90 million, and allows for the mobilization of 5,000 passengers per hour and 4 million passengers per year,” he added.

He explained that the project will have an extension of some 35,000 square meters and has seven boarding gates and seven air bridges. The expansion was developed by local architects and engineers.

“As a company we work to offer unique experiences at our facilities. We hope our visitors will enjoy this terminal. We have great expectations with this extension, which raises the standards of our airport to an international level, because we believe in service, innovation and imagination,” Rainieri said.

He highlighted that Terminal B is one of the most modern in the region, with flagship amenities and services such as a VIP Lounge with a swimming pool and a view of the runway, fast track service and a food truck area with a wide variety of cuisine.

It also has flight self-registration kiosks, migration with e-gates, 10 body scanners, eight tomographic machines and four automated machines.