Ports Authority lands $45.3M grant for Aguadilla airport upgrades
September 22, 2021
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority received an additional $45.3 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help complete the estimated $130 million, five-year construction of the new runway at the Rafael Hernández International Airport in Aguadilla. “This new grant joins the one announced in September 2020 for $24.2 million from the FAA, as […]
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LMM airport gets $9.4M federal funding allocation to fix runway
June 15, 2021
The Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (LMM) will receive $9.4 million from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reconstruct its main runway. The allocation is part of a round of awards of more than $898.9 million in infrastructure and safety projects through the FY2021 Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This total includes $113.5 million […]
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Puerto Rico Ports Authority releases RFQ to build new Aguadilla airport runway
June 7, 2021
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority has opened a Request for Qualifications process to find candidates to rebuild the 11,700-foot Runway 8-26 at the Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla, a $90 million project to be paid for with federal funding. In an interview with News is my Business, Ports Authority Executive Director Joel Pizá-Batiz confirmed that […]
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Ponce, Aguadilla regional airports pass FAA inspections
March 24, 2021
The Mercedita international Airport in Ponce and the Rafael Hernández International Airport in Aguadilla received their respective Letters of Compliance after passing the Federal Aviation Administration’s annual inspection Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director Joel A. Pizá-Batiz confirmed. As part of the evaluation, the FAA inspected each facility individually earlier this month, including all systems, […]
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Puerto Rico airports get $8.5M Coronavirus Response grant from FAA
February 19, 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration approved a second grant to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority for $8.5 million as part of a new round of the Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program to provide aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, agency Executive Director Josel Pizá-Batiz said. “This new grant will provide economic relief the Ports Authority’s nine airports […]
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Federal Aviation Administration assigns $14.5M to 3 Puerto Rico airports
September 2, 2020
The Federal Aviation Administration announced the assignment of infrastructure grants that represent a combined $14.5 million for upgrades to three Puerto Rico airports. The Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport will receive $6 million, the Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport will receive $7.3 million, and the José Aponte de la Torre Airport will get a little more […]
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FAA assigns $43M in CARES Act grants to 10 Puerto Rico airports
April 15, 2020
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a combined $43 million in aid to 10 airport facilities across Puerto Rico, the agency announced. The bulk of the grant funding has been assigned to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, which is getting $33.4 million through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant […]
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U.S. Transportation OKs $13.7M in infrastructure grants to P.R. airports
September 24, 2019
The Federal Aviation Administration is awarding $13.7 million to finance infrastructure improvement projects at nine airports throughout the island. The funding is part of $3.18 billion set aside through the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) for airports across the United States and its territories. “This significant investment in airport improvements in Puerto Rico will fund construction and rehabilitation […]
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FCC proposes fines against 3 co.’s that interfered with FAA weather radar in P.R.
August 22, 2019
The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau announced proposed fines and issued a formal industry warning related to devices that apparently caused interference to the Federal Aviation Administration’s terminal doppler weather radar station in San Juan. The Enforcement Bureau proposed three separate $25,000 fines against wireless internet service providers Boom Solutions, Integra Wireless, and WinPR. The […]
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LMM Int’l Airport gets $1.5M U.S. Dept. of Transportation infrastructure grant
August 1, 2019
The Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina will receive a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to rehabilitate a runway, the federal agency said. The funding will come through the Federal Aviation Administration, which will award a total of $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total […]
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P.R. Ports Authority sells former Patillas airport for $150K, 2 more deals possible
August 13, 2018
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority closed on the sale of the first of three regional airports it plans to divest, reaching a deal with Xpert’s Inc. for $156,000 for the former Patillas regional airport, agency Executive Director Anthony Maceira confirmed.
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Pierluisi: FAA assigns $1.1M to 3 Puerto Rico airports
July 26, 2016
The Federal Aviation Administration has assigned more than $1.1 million in funds to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority for improvements and equipment purchases at three Puerto Rico airports.
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FCC levies $25K fine against San Juan telecom operator
October 2, 2014
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday disclosed it has issued a $25,000 fine against CMARR Inc., a San Juan-based telecommunications operator for “willfully interfering with Federal Aviation Administration weather radar[s]” by operating unlicensed radio transmitters.
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JetBlue adding additional SJU/Orlando route in Ponce
June 21, 2013
JetBlue will be increasing its frequency between Ponce’s Mercedita Airport to Orlando, Florida through an additional daily flight starting today, Puerto Rico Ports Authority officials said Thursday.
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AGP ‘keeps word’ on Puerto Rico airport privatization deal
February 27, 2013
Saying his administration “will always keep its word and honor its legal responsibilities,” Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla gave the final go-ahead to the public private partnership through which the government will pass the responsibility of operating and managing the Luis Muñoz Marín airport to a private consortium.
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