Aerodom will request from the authorities economic solvency assessment From PAWA for millionaire turnover

SANTO DOMINGO, R.D. - The Enterprise Dominican Airports Century XXI (Aerodom) catalog as false, Irresponsible and technically inaccurate statements from PAWA Dominican spokesperson, since “Any specialist can confirm that there is no possibility of jeopardizing the safety of an aircraft and the passengers on board, by suspending the electric supply of the offices of an airline,” said Yolanda Manan, director of corporate communications at Aerodom. “What our company has done is to exercise the powers, rights and prerogatives granted by the Airport Concession Contract, reserving the right to prestart or not its services and facilities at the concessioned airports, to a company, under certain conditions.”

“PAWA is currently in the amount of US $ 1,062,809.61 for the airport services offered by our company at the Las Americas International Airport, Jose Francisco Pena Gomez (AILA-JFPG), such as parking, lighting, aircraft landing, Use of boarding bridges, common use system in check counters, departure rooms, office space, hangar, storage and supply of electric power, airport tax per passenger, among others ““After countless approaches and unsuccessful payment promises, Aerodom started legal actions to recover the amounts that are still increasing each day, making Aerodom a forced subsidy to the airline, which is, in addition to irregular, clearly unsustainable” , Assured Manan.

She added: “since the beginning of this year, PAWA has repeatedly been delayed not only with payments to Aerodom, but also to other airport service providers, which has been timely notified to the authorities, as well as other irregularities, such as The clandestine entry of food into aircraft by non-accredited personnel as a provider of these services.” “Apparently this company does not have the capacity to cover its basic and operational expenses, which, in fact, if it constitutes a risk to the security and efficiency in the provision of services to passengers, and in the face of this worrying situation, Aerodom formally requested To the authorities of the Dominican Republic the evaluation of the financial solvency of PAWA, a condition that, according to the Civil Aviation Law, must be permanently maintained to conserve the certificate of economic authorization that allows it to transport passengers as a commercial airline”, Manan said.