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Hot pepper exported through Varadero airport

Redacción TV Yumurí — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:55:03 +0000

The possibilities for placing products outside the border, using flights connected to the Juan Gualberto Gómez international airport, have just been endorsed with the Seed Company, from the province of Cienfuegos.

With the help of the export-import hub of this province and managed by the forwarding agency Aerovaradero S.A., the Chilean habanero pepper, with an intensely spicy flavor, was transported by the airline Sunwing, the northern company with the largest number of flights through the so-called aerodrome of Varadero.

«Great news. The Seeds and Forks Company’s exports of the habanero chili pepper product began, through the Import and Export Pole of the province for which Aerovaradero S.A. Managed the transportation through the Sunwing airline, from the Varadero airport. Yes, you can,» Osmany Sánchez, a communicator at the air terminal, posted on Facebook.

The cultivation of the habanero chili is accompanied by the technical rigor of an organic crop, carefully cared for from the beginning until it is planted, a process subsequently subject to health inspections, specialists said in a report from the Perla Visión television station.

In the fertile lands of the Cienfuegos municipality of Abreu, chili peppers grow, with a yield of ten to eleven tons, a balance made possible by the dedication of managers and workers, who make export possible, one of the strategic objectives of the Cuban economy to obtain fresh foreign exchange. (ALH)

Translated by Casterman Medina de Leon

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Security, premise for Varadero Airport on the rise in tourism

Redacción TV Yumurí — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:25:27 +0000

At the official start of the high tourism season in Cuba, the Juan Gualberto Gómez International Airport offers security guarantees to visitors and local workers, said today José A. García Manso, general director of the second most important air terminal in the Caribbean nation. .

In statements to the press, García Manso explained that the security system at what is known as Varadero Airport benefits from continuous improvements based on the professionalism of the available human resources, due to the material effects derived from the economic, commercial and financial blockade. against the island.

For the 2023-2024 increase period, we have certified safety standards both in the air and on the ground, in the Health and phytosanitary and veterinary activities, as well as those related to the control of merchandise by customs and people through the emigration area, argued the director.

He also explained that with respect to air navigation, one of the most tangible advances is the resurfacing of the runway, with more than 30 years of operation and an enviable condition, recognized by international experts for its parameters.

Since the previous year we finished mounting the lights of the first category of the aircraft approach system to the aerodrome and, in general, the equipment to facilitate navigation is new, cutting-edge and with constant improvements, he stressed.

At the official start of the tourist increase at the air terminal, the work of a select group of professionals was recognized and the commitment to work rigorously to the satisfaction of the more than 736 thousand arrivals expected between the current month and next March was ratified.

To better face the period, with activity 14 percent higher than the previous one, the airport has been planning improvements in infrastructure, organizational readjustments and training of available human resources for a few months.

According to official data released by Liuba Quintero Ávila, head of the Ground Operations unit at the air terminal, 13 airlines are expected to maintain links with the main sun and beach destination in Cuba, which during 2023 also stood out for the organization of events. international stature such as the Varadero Gourmet Festival and the World Underwater Photography Championship, among others. (ALH)

Translated by Casterman Medina de Leon

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Varadero Airport receives the National Vanguard flag

Ernesto Arturo Santana García del Busto — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 02:25:24 +0000

The Collective of Workers of the Juan Gualberto Gómez International Airport, in Varadero, received the National Vanguard flag awarded by the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba.

On the premises of the national ramp of the aerodrome, the Vice Minister of Transportation, Roberto Ricardo Marrero, and the Secretary General of the Provincial Committee of the CTC, Osmar Ramírez Ramírez, rewarded the professionalism of the more than 2,000 workers at the Matanzas air terminal, who for the fifth consecutive year they deserve the award.

The General Director of the airport, José Antonio García Manso, declared that the passenger influx figures from the years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic have recovered. «Thanks to our excellent work group, we offer high levels of quality in services, according to the airlines and customers,» said the manager.

The National Union of Transport and Port Workers, in the presence of the political authorities of the territory, awarded the José María Pérez Capote distinction to the Head of Flight Line Services, Pedro Rivera Álvarez, for his outstanding career of more than 25 years in the sector .

I am very happy, it is a recognition of so many years of work. I started as a custodian, and I gradually improved myself, I became Head of Inspector, then Head of Ramp, and finally, 16 years ago, I organized the ground services of this airport”, said Rivera Álvarez.

At the gala, workers, managers and entities linked to the airport, participants in ensuring the forced landing of the Sunwing airline plane on April 24, were awarded for their emergency response capacity.

The second largest air terminal in the country receives around 50 weekly flights. More than 70 percent of the tourists who visit the resort of Varadero, Cuba’s main sun and beach tourist destination, arrive and depart from this center.

Translated by Casterman Medina de Leon

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