San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport is ready to operate international flights.
As of December 23, the air terminal has resumed operations with domestic flights. CM Airlines is currently the only airline to offer flights to Roatan, La Ceiba and Tegucigalpa from San Pedro Sula.
Although the storms Eta and Iota caused serious damage to Villeda Morales, which forced him to remain closed for 47 days, the terminal is gradually regaining its strength and is preparing to be the most active in Honduras again.
Authorities explained that as of December 23, domestic flights had been activated in aircraft category A and B., which are generally composed of turboprop aircraft.
Since then they have continued to work under supervision Honduras Civil Aviation Agency (Ahac) and the Central American Air Navigation Services Corporation (Cocesna) for the safe rehabilitation of commercial, passenger and cargo air navigation.
In this regard, “after the completion of the calibration process performed by the Cocesna laboratory aircraft, they decided to allow the airport starting yesterday at 17:00 for operation with RNP (former ARNAV) which can be used by national and international airlines. with capabilities and certifications to perform these procedures and are therefore permitted to operate aircraft categories C and D during daylight hours from sunrise to sunset, ”the statement issued by Honduras (Ehisa) Airport Infrastructure and Services Company.
The letter also points out that international flights are still activated with restrictions, which are described in the various published Notam, with acceptable levels of operational safety, which allows all airlines that can perform the said procedures to operate.
Michael Wehmeyer, president of the Association of Honduran Airlines (Ahla), said that airlines are waiting for the authorization of class C and D aircraft to plan the flight.
It should be noted that the airlines American Airlines, Sosa and Lanhsa announced in a statement the start of operations on January 14 and 15 in Villeda Morales.
“After the pandemic, many of the airlines had to reduce their capacity, their quantity planes and also available crew and there are service standards that airlines have to meet, ”he said.
Wehmeyer said that so far all airlines operating in Villeda are willing and interested to return because it is very profitable for them.
Mónica Martel de Aguilar, member of the Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies of Honduras, He opined that the non-functioning of international flights affects the sale of tickets and tourist packages.
“Flights from San Pedro Sula have an attractive price, prices from Tegucigalpa and Roatan are higher,” Martel said.
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