Bucaramanga
After one of the air connectivity committees of the Unified Action of the Santander governorate, the president Juvenal Díaz Mateus projects that aircraft with more passenger capacity land in the province of the department.
At the moment, the Santander region has the Palonegro International Airport in Bucaramanga and Los Pozos in San Gil operating, and the Yariguíes Airport in Barrancabermeja. And now the governor assured the reactivation air in terminals in Malaga and El Socorro.
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“The studies and designs for the Malaga airport are already in place. The depression for the pedestrian part is missing. The Aeronautics is in charge of the runway and we are in charge of the booth, security and other aspects. We are looking for it with future validity. President Petro authorized it,” said Juvenal Díaz.
He assured that to improve air service in the provinces they will also make investments in the connectivity of the airport in San Gil. “The route to Medellín and Bogotá with larger planes to 19 passengers, and looking at the probability that other companies will go to San Gil.”
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Sergio Paris, director of Civil Aeronautics.
The director of the Civil Aeronautics, Sergio Paris, who received the commitment to reactivate the Socorro Municipal Airport, which belongs to the nation and it is expected to convert it into an air cargo terminal and improve the conditions of producers in the Comunera and Guanentá province.
“We came to see a star and we took an airport with us” mentioned Paris. Well, his visit to Bucaramanga consisted mainly about strengthening connectivity taking into account the increase in visitors and tourists that marked the victory of Atlético Bucaramanga.
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“If it belongs to the nation it is Responsibility of Civi Aeronauticsl As it does with all airports in the country, its development and promotion in El Socorro. We have other airports like Barbossa and Scimitar of which we have activity and decisions, so that fixed-wing planes arrive”, commented the director.
In the case of Malaga it is estimated that the investment is 63,000 million pesos, “The mandate is to create tracks, we help them to obtain a source of financing, there are studies in phase 3 and in that order of ideas it has worked for us.”
Ángel Acevedo, mayor of Socorro.
In response to the announcement of Socorro airport the mayor of the municipality, Angel Acevedo, He listed what the remodeling of the terminal consists of. Who assured that the only thing necessary is for the operation to be commercial, since at At the moment it is a military base of the Galán Battalion.
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“We are waiting for a technical table, which at the head of the nation will convene us to define the work plan. Topographical survey and repair of the asphalt track. There are several potholes. The airport has had an operating license since 2014. El Socorro has a lot and a 960-meter track next to the national highway.”
Strengthen airlines
Increasing routes in the region and negotiating with more airlines is another of the agreed purposes, as Spirit and Click Air.
“The airline Spirit Airlines will once again connect Santander with southern Florida in the United States from the December 4, but only for one month, and we must continue to manage alternatives to keep this route active for longer,” concluded the governor of Santander.
