Despite the economic slowdown in the U.S., private planes flying from our neighbor to the North, continue to fly in and there has even been an increase in the operations at the local airport, remarked Alonso Dominguez Ruiz, administrator of the Puerto Penasco International Airport. Dominguez Ruiz indicated that so far this year, there has been air traffic above the average of that of last year, which is a very favorable indicator, despite the recent crisis in the U.S.
He detailed that there has been a daily average of nearly 20 flights at the airport, with 99% of these private planes coming from the U.S. He remarked that this represents an increase of between 8 and 10%.
Dominguez Ruiz acknowledged that this tendency of growth in the number of private flights from the U.S. has surprised them, as they had expected a drop in numbers at the airport due to the recent economic downturn.
The administrator of the city's international airport stated that they also have projects in the works to attract more people to the airport and promote more aerial tourism through general aviation. Among these plans, he stated, is for Puerto Penasco to host an aerial acrobatic show, though they need to polish the details and all of the necessary requirements.
Dominguez Ruis reiterated that they are making great strides at consolidating a new source of tourism for Penasco, as a complement to the highway tourism, which currently produces the largest number of visitors.