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Las Américas International Airport ( located in Punta Caucedo , near Santo Domingo and Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic . A Suspension Bridge , located just outside the airport, used to lead travellers into downtown Santo Domingo; this bridge has now been closed and substituted by two more modern bridges. The airport is the largest in the Dominican Republic and one of the largest in the Caribbean . ''Las Américas International Airport'' can receive airplanes up to the size of Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 s. Aerolíneas Argentinas , Dominicana De Aviacion and Iberia are among the airlines that have flown 747 airplanes into ''SDQ''. Iberia occasionally flies A340s there. On ). Frequent flights are received from Barajas International Airport in Madrid , Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City , JFK International Airport in New York City , and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. ''Las Américas'' was the hub for Dominicana, APA Dominicana International , and a number of other, smaller airlines. Currently, There no airlines have a Hub in Las americas Airport. Las Americas has 6 gates on the main satellite concourse (A), A1 through A6, which have a shared use. In the same concourse there is an American Eagle gate, A7. Other gates facilities are for the flights departing from a parking in the taxiway. American Airlines is the major airline operating in Las Americas. It has 3 daily flights to New York (inbound / outbound), 6 flights to San Juan, and 4 to Miami. Delta has one daily flight to / from JFK and a daily flight to Atlanta, Iberia has a daily flight from Madrid and Spirit Airlines has a daily one from Fort Lauderdale. Continental has during the week 1 daily flight to / from EWR and two on Sundays. US Airways has two daily flights from / to Fort Lauderdale using gate A1, and a flight on Saturday to / from Philadelphia. The new Northern terminal: This new terminal will be completed in April 2006. It will be the most modern terminal in the country and one of the best in the Caribbean, featuring free wireles internet, electric escalators, elevators, jet bridges. It will be able to accommodate six 747 Jumbo Boeing simultaneously, including the Airbus A380. At a cost of more than a 100 million dollars, this terminal is expected to turn Santo domingo Airport into one of the busiest airports in Latin America. AIRLINES AND DESTINATIONS
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