Sao Vicente Airport certified to receive international flights

The airport of San Pedro, San Vicente, already has authorization from the Civil Aeronautics Agency to receive international flights. And even now, 18, receives the first cargo flight, a Boeing 737 bound to TAP, which add to the island of Porto Grande various equipment for the inauguration of the infrastructure and loads of passengers flying to the Portuguese airline.

To Mário Paixão, chairman of the Board of Directors of ASA, the certification of the airport of San Pedro is the culmination of a process of hard work and involved many people in your company, the Civil Aeronautics Agency, contractors, City of San Vicente, Customs, the Immigration Police and Frontier, among others. "It's a matter of great satisfaction and pride. The airport of San Pedro is a stimulus for the development of St. Vincent and Cape Verde as a whole. "
The opening of the airport, the certificate will be made with a cargo flight 737, bound to TAP and operated by Arnaut. "On day 22, day of the official opening, we will receive one of the TACV Boeing, which will link Beach / St. Vincent and St. Vincent / Fortaleza. It is expected that the inaugural flight will take place at around 15 hours. At 16, the device takes off in the direction of Fortaleza, Brazil, with people from St. Vincent, "he explains.
For the official opening act itself, Mário Paixão reports that are scheduled speeches by PCA of the ASA, the mayor of San Vicente, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Telecommunications and the Prime Minister. "The following is a guided tour of the airport and a concert with Tito Paris and Orchestra of Lisbon, and Cesaria Evora and band," the highest bidder for the President of the Board of ASA.

Source: A Semana