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Punta Cana International Airport (IATA: PUJ, ICAO: MDPC) is a privately owned commercial airport in Punta Cana, eastern
Dominican Republic. The airport is built in a traditional Dominican style with open-air terminals with their roofs covered
in palm trees. A number of scheduled and charter airlines fly to Punta Cana. The airport handled more than 1 million
visitors in 2002, making it the busiest airport in the Dominican Republic. The operators plan to upgrade the airport,
including adding another runway.
Punta Cana's airport is the leading point of entry in number of arriving passengers in the Dominican Republic. It is also the fastest
growing airport with almost a 20% increase in traffic yearly, which indicates that in less than 5 years the aircraft movements will double.
Punta Cana Group (Punta Cana´s Airport owners) are discussing opening direct routes to the United Arab Emirates and to China in Asia sometime by 2008.
Punta Cana International Airport will be the first Caribbean airport to have direct flights to Asia.
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