translated from Spanish: Announce high season contingency plan at Santiago Airport

The Undersecretary of Public Works, Cristóbal Leturia, together with various representatives of the airport community, today announced the contingency plan that will be implemented during the summer season, which begins on Thursday, December 5, in the AMB International Airport in Santiago.” We are starting the peak season, a period where passenger flow increases from 60 thousand to about 76,000 people per day at Chile’s most important airport, such as Santiago Airport,” Leturia.La MOP authority added that to the set of measures and recommendations are added to the construction of the airport that will allow to expand the capacity of the terminal for 38 million passengers by 2021.Some of the recommendations, which were given by the authorities, for those planning to travel, are: arrive three hours in advance for international flights and two for domestic flights; review the live availability of parking lots on website and the APP of Nuevo Pudahuel; check in on the airline’s website if possible; immediately enter POI control or DGAC control if it is domestic flight, do not wait and in case of arriving in Santiago from abroad, have at hand the form of SAG and Customs.” We are pleased with the progress of the work of the airport, which show 65% progress, mainly we already see that the new parking lots of more than 1,500 seats are delivered, which will favor the intensive use that this airport has in the summer season,” added the portfolio secretary. Meanwhile, the General Manager of Nuevo Pudahuel, Xavier Lortat-Jacob, emphasized that “we have a growth of 12% compared to low season and 5% to the past summer season. This is due to Nuevo Pudahuel’s work of attracting airlines and opening 15 new routes, including 9 direct destinations operated from Santiago. LATAM, with its flights to Puerto Alegre, Quito and Brasilia. Level, with a low cost model towards Barcelona. SKY held its operations to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador de Bahia, while JetSmart to Arequipa, Puerto Natales, Trujillo, Salvador de Bahia and Cali. Finally, Gol has opened his wings to Recife in Brazil.”

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