For a few hours on Monday, the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport will go back in time to an era when flying meant that passengers would dress up for their journey and flight attendants would pass out playing cards and pillows for the trip.
In about a year, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina should be in the hands of a private operator, as per an updated timeline of the process that David Álvarez, executive director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority, presented to island investors last week.
Executive Airlines, which serves the Caribbean out of San Juan as American Eagle, is facing a $550,000 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for failing to complete appropriate inspections on several aircraft.