Without ruling out the idea of building their own airport terminal, the airline will wait to see how the modernization works initiated by the Executive Port Commission (CEPA) evolve.
Fidel Chavez Mena, vice president and legal representative of TACA, said that after meetings with representatives from CEPA, they have agreed to wait and see how the financing of the works evolves.
The government of El Salvador has welcomed an announcement by the President of the airline of their intention to build its own terminal at Comalapa.
The Technical Secretary of the Presidency, Alexander Segovia, in light of statements by AviancaTaca’s CEO Roberto Kriete said, "A few weeks ago, the president of TACA approached us. We have assembled a working group. They are interested in building a terminal themselves, and we are very interested. "
Roberto Kriete has announced that that the renovation of the El Salvador International Airport, one way or another, will be carried out within a maximum period of three years.
The chairman of the board of AviancaTaca told Laprensagrafica.com that Comalapa airport needs not only improvements, but a complete update according to a master plan designed by Aéroports de Paris.
To invest more in the Salvadoran aircraft maintenance industry, the company requires better airport infrastructure.
Aeroman is a company that provides aircraft maintenance services in El Salvador. It is preparing to invest $20 million in its eight operation line, but this initiative requires that authorities improve roads and infrastructure at and around the main airport of the country.
TACA’s CEO remarked that the company has postponed investments because the airport lacks the required infrastructure.
In a press conference, Roberto Kriete said he was ‘frustrated’ by not being able to install a flight connections hub in the Costa Rican airport.
“Kriete also complained for the lack of boarding gates for planes and jetways, long lines at migration services, and the delays caused to the company’s flights”.
Roberto Kriete, President of TACA Airlines, restated the need to enlarge AIES, the International Airport of El Salvador.
While participating in a forum in Colombia, the businessman remarked: "El Salvador Airport is getting too small, and unless we start seriously thinking in an expansion right now ... it will be difficult for it to be ready when we need it, and it may force us to move our operations from El Salvador to another country.