IDAC upgrades landing systems at Punta Cana airport with ILS-DME
The Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC) will install an ILS-DME instrument landing system at Punta Cana International Airport, according to Arecoa. The move is part of the agency's ongoing air navigation modernisation programme.
ILS-DME guides aircraft with precision on low-visibility approaches, which matters at a terminal that moves millions of passengers a year and acts as the natural gateway to the Bávaro-Punta Cana corridor. For the State, it is a modest spend next to the hotel infrastructure that keeps this destination running.
The signal this announcement sends sits right at the waterline of the Dominican tourism business. IDAC is strengthening the airport's connectivity without touching the sun-and-beach model. It is the quiet investment that keeps Punta Cana in the Caribbean's top flight, no fireworks attached, with a return measured in planes that land when they previously might not have.
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