Ciudad Juárez International Airport inaugurates a new terminal, doubling its capacity

Ciudad Juárez International Airport (CJS) has opened a caller terminal to streamline its operations successful the latest signifier of a large enlargement that volition proceed done 2030, aimed astatine turning the borderline metropolis into a cardinal node successful planetary connectivity. 

Ricardo Dueñas, wide manager of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) — the Juárez airport’s relation that has developed 13 airports successful Mexico — attended the ribbon-cutting ceremonial earlier this week on with Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos.

Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos and OMA wide manager Ricardo Dueñas (to her left) were connected manus astatine the ribbon cutting ceremonial for the caller terminal astatine the Ciudad Juárez Interntional Airport, besides known arsenic the Abraham González International Airport. (Gobierno de Chihuahua)

“Today marks the accomplishment of a new, modern look for this airport, which contributes to our extremity of generating trust, certainty, and competitiveness,” Governor Campos said. 

With an concern of 828.4 cardinal pesos (US $44 million), the renovation much than doubles the facility’s aboveground country from 6,210 quadrate meters  to 13,857, and its per-year rider capableness (from 960,000 to 2.6 million).

The enactment created implicit 380 nonstop jobs arsenic it refurbished the waiting rooms and restrooms, installed caller furnishings and much aerial conditioning, created 3 caller boarding gates, improved the baggage handling system, added automatic doors and upgraded the connection and lighting systems.

The renovation besides added automatic doors and  occurrence vehicles. An innovative tempest drainage system, electrical substations, backup powerfulness systems, and a redesigned parking country were besides incorporated, successful summation to expanding the concourse. 

The upgraded airdrome is expected to fortify the web of 14 home destinations served by airlines specified arsenic Viva, Volaris, Aeroméxico, and TAR, successful summation to cargo operations with DHL and Aeronaves TSM. The caller infrastructure streamlines logistics and supports bilateral commercialized portion boosting tourism and concern successful the borderline region.

However, the astir ambitious CJS enlargement is yet to come. OMA has announced plans to invest astir $1.1 cardinal pesos (US $58.9 million) betwixt 2026 and 2030 connected further enlargement of the terminal to service 2.9 cardinal passengers and summation accessibility for radical with disabilities.  

The airport’s renovation is portion of OMA and Vinci Airports’ planetary strategy to make airports that conscionable precocious planetary standards of safety, efficiency, sustainability and accessibility. 

Vinci Airports, a French subsidiary of the Vinci Group, is 1 of OMA’s largest shareholders. In 2022, Vinci Airports purchased 29.9% of the stock superior of OMA. The determination allowed Vinci to participate the Mexican market, adding the cognition and absorption of 13 planetary airports crossed 9 states mostly successful the bluish and cardinal regions of the country.

With reports from Lex Latin and El Financiero