Avianca asks to throw soldiers from Bogota airport

Avianca President Hernán Rincón said it was necessary to upgrade El Dorado airport before considering building another airport. In this regard, he said that the operations of the military and military forces should be moved to optimize the operation, adding that these military services had to have a dedicated area in another part of the city. However, it does not preclude advancing in the establishment of a new infrastructure for the coming years.

As revealed REPORTUR.co, the plans of El Dorado 2 airport are ready. As it will be smaller, so it is expected that low cost airlines operate from there. It is estimated that it will cost 3.5 billion pesos, not including operation, and will be located between Madrid and Facatativa (Cheap airlines would be served by El Dorado Airport 2).

The director of the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil), Juan Carlos Salazar, announced that the national government would take a decision next year on the proposal to build a new airport in Bogota . The company Odinsa (subsidiary of Grupo Argos) has proposed to build a third runway at the airport of the capital in order to optimize and expand its activities.

The official added that Aerocivil currently has a permanent work table to coordinate actions, in collaboration with the National Agency of Infrastructure (ANI), to determine the viability of this second airport. Similarly, Salazar revealed that the government, through civil aeronautics, would invest more than $ 3.8 billion in airport infrastructure over the current four-year period..