{"id":8495,"date":"2025-06-12T21:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/?p=8495"},"modified":"2025-06-12T21:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:53:19","slug":"minister-of-transportation-announces-restoration-of-cubas-third-most-important-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/minister-of-transportation-announces-restoration-of-cubas-third-most-important-airport-12062025\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Transportation announces restoration of Cuba\u2019s third most important airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minister of Transportation of Cuba, Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez, has announced the restoration of the Abel Santamar\u00eda International Airport in Santa Clara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on his Facebook page, Rodr\u00edguez referred to a medium- and long-term plan aimed at restoring the airport\u2019s infrastructure and creating the necessary capacity to meet the growing demand for the airport, including cargo operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program spans a timeframe of four to five years, with objectives that are in line with the goals of the province and the Ministry of Transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The projects underway include implementing an uninterruptible power supply system for lighting, which is essential for the operational safety of aircraft; and increasing cargo capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the long-term plan encompasses the construction of a fuel depot, which is scheduled for completion within a timeframe of two to three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This facility is deemed crucial for handling increased traffic, particularly in light of the addition of European flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Abel Santamar\u00eda International Airport, located in Santa Clara, is the third most frequented airport on the island, following Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed in Havana and Juan Gualberto G\u00f3mez in Varadero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It serves as a crucial element in the effort to foster the growth of tourism in the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Transportation of Cuba, Eduardo Rodr&iacute;guez, has announced the restoration of the Abel Santamar&iacute;a International Airport in Santa Clara. In a post on his Facebook page, Rodr&iacute;guez referred&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[42],"class_list":["post-8495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economics"],"authors":[{"term_id":42,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"radio-habana-cuba","display_name":"Radio Habana Cuba","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8497,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8495\/revisions\/8497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8495"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=8495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}