The Daniel Oduber International Airport located in Guanacaste has rapidly become a preferred point of arrival and departure by tourists due to its proximity to Costa Rica Northern Pacific Beaches and tourist attractions in the Northern Region as well.
The Costa Rican Civil Aviation Technical Counsel (CTAC) has extended for a fifth time its deadline for receiving offers from institutions interested in building and administrating the airports new passengers terminal.
The CTAC had first set a date for February and has extended up to August 8. This new extension makes it almost impossible for construction to begin this year as it was originally planed and therefore impossible for it to be concluded by next year third trimester.
Therefore the new terminal is expected to be fully functional by 2010 first trimester. The set back is due to certain changes that have taken place with the new concessionary law.
The new terminal will cost over $18 million and will include 8 gates, airline counters and common areas for 1,500 passengers. The current terminal can barely hold a little less than 1,000 passengers and urgently needs to expand.
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