As Lester Guisán Valdés, General Coordinator of the airport, explained to Invasor, the paving works on the runway are essential to operate larger aircraft (more than 300 passengers) than those currently received by the facility. Above all, the Russian market is interested in using this type of aircraft.

The work shows a slight delay, but in the insurance check-up meeting for the high tourist season, chaired by the highest authorities of the province, it was agreed to work intensely for the remainder of the month and fulfill the commitments. In any case, what remains to be done will not prevent the arrival of airline planes that connect Cayo Coco with the capitals of the issuing countries.

Meanwhile, at the airport, essential actions have been continued to provide a better service, including improvements in air conditioning, the assembly of elevators, the remodeling of stores and money exchange, and the renovation of the VIP lounge. Likewise, there is greater fuel storage capacity and a roofed warehouse was ready for the protection of luggage and specialized equipment.

The airport facility will maintain epidemiological surveillance at the border, for which the staff continues to prepare. This training extends to the procedures required by the airlines, attention to passengers with disabilities and the control questions provided for in the in-depth check protocols.

Guisán Valdés specified that Jardines del Rey has the capacity to operate 50 flights per week. During the low season it continued to receive around twenty weekly arrivals from Canada and operated by Off We Go, Transat, Air Canada and Sunwing airlines.

For the coming high season, an increase in flights from Russia is expected, which had returned to Cuba earlier this month, operated by the Russian airline Nordwind Airlines.
Statements by the Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos Granda, confirm the aspiration to close the year with 2.5 million tourists, but, even though from January to August 2022 there was growth in the arrival of visitors compared to the same stage in 2021, the goal seems difficult to meet.

However, according to the data handled in the Avilanian high season check, a high percentage of reservations has been achieved in the 25 accommodation facilities of the Jardines del Rey keys that will open their doors from November.

(With information from the Invasor Newspaper)

The 635-room resort, from the Indonesian-based Archipelago International tourist group, is the company’s first in the northern keys of Ciego de Ávila, and will be distinguished by a Nikkei cuisine space, which mixes Japanese and Peruvian flavors.

The winter stage will also include the reopening of the Colonial Cayo Coco hotel, after a complete restoration, renovation of its image and the design of attractive services.

Managed by the Cubanacán group and with a Four Star category, the hotel has 458 rooms in 23 modules and was the initiator of tourist operations in Jardines del Rey 29 years ago, an anniversary that will be celebrated on November 12.

The Colonial Cayo Coco is a distinctive hotel in the Avilanian tourist destination, since with colonial motifs in the unique architecture of its buildings, cobbled streets and small squares, which allow you to go back in time to a colonial-style past in Cuba.

Formed by the keys Coco, Guillermo, Paredón Grande and Antón Chico, the recreation center will offer tourists its excellent product of sun and beach and varied non-hotel offers linked to the natural environment of great biological diversity, suitable for hiking, nature tourism and nautical sports.

In Jardines del Rey there are currently 26 hotels, four and five star categories, located on the beachfront, with more than 10,000 rooms.

(With information from Prensa Latina)