Dominica, undaunted by COVID, to build first long-haul airport

The small Caribbean island of Dominica, which relies on nearby island airports for long-distance travel, is to get its own international/intercontinental airport.

CAPA has reported on several new airport projects that have been sanctioned since the pandemic began, the most recent being in New Zealand. Now, across the globe in the Caribbean, the small nation state of Dominica intends to build a new airport to benefit from growing eco-tourism interest and from an attempt to resurrect its offshore financial sector.

It is an ambitious project, one that will largely be financed by foreigners making donations in exchange for a passport, but the eco-tourism demand alone is one that should grow in years to come. Building this new airport should give Dominica a head start over its regional rivals.