In about a week, the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to make its decision on the public-private partnership agreement through which the government of Puerto Rico would turn over the management of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to Aerostar Airport Holdings for the next 40 years.
American Society of Travel Agents Puerto Rico chapter President Daphne Barbeito is urging the Puerto Rico Tourism Compamy to urgently address the separate decisions by airlines Iberia and British Airways to pull out of the local market.
Southwest Airlines announced Thursday the start of new service between the the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina to Orlando and Tampa Bay, Florida starting April 2013.