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La Aurora International Airport serves Guatemala City , Guatemala and is located 6km south of Guatemala City's centre. It is administered by the ''Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil '' and is Guatemala's busiest and largest airport, followed by Mundo Maya International Airport near Flores , Petén. La Aurora Airport will be going through some expansions, to provide a better service to passengers and airlines, so it will be able to accept a greater number flights and larger aircraft. A terminal is being built that will house a total of twenty-five aircraft. It is expected that the project will be completed in November 2007. On June 2007 the airport was certified as Category I by the FAA . INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEWS Seven new gates were opened in July equipped with jetway bridges and modern installations, also a new parking garage was opened which is capable of handling 480 vehicles. The new counters were also finished. Nine more gates will be opened in November. The airport will have two terminals: the North Terminal with 14 gates and the Central Terminal used for larger aircraft with four gates. La Aurora Airport will become the most modern airport in Central America and one of the largest ones. There are 7 new airlines waiting government approval, some have already started. These airlines are Aeromexico , Interjet , Aeromar , Republicair , Spirit Airlines , AirTran Airways , and China Airlines . Also some airlines that are operating are going to expand their flights or expand to other destinations such as Delta Airlines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Copa Airlines, Iberia. It is rumored that Taca intends a hub in 2008 and begin flying to cities in South America like: Bogota, Caracas, Quito, Lima and Panama in Central America, and expanding their daily flights. It is also rumored that Copa Airlines also wants to make La Aurora a secondary hub to lessen the amount of flights in Tocumen. AIRLINES AND DESTINATIONS
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