<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Varadero Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para ">Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport was built in 1989 and inaugurated by Fidel Castro, thus replacing the old Varadero airport located in Santa Marta, currently known as Kawama Airport. The airport was named after a journalist, fighter for Cuban independence, and black rights activist in Cuba, Juan Gualberto G&oacute;mez (1854&ndash;1933).</p>
<p class="blog-para ">A bust of Juan Gualberto G&oacute;mez at the Juan Gualberto G&oacute;mez Airport commemorating the inauguration of the airport in 1989. The terminal building has shops for tourists (including rum, cigars, T-shirts, books, carvings, and pharmaceuticals) both before the customs checkpoint and at a largedepartures lounge with cafeterias on the upper level and a smaller air-conditioned VIP lounge on the lower level.</p>
<p class="blog-para ">The immigration checkpoint consists of wooden booths with push doors opened by immigration officers after travelers have been processed. The customs checkpoint consists of three x-ray machines. Two flights of stairs and an escalator take travelers to the departure lounge. The offices of tour operators are located near the domestic terminal area. The ground handling equipment is imported mainly from North America. There are four jet bridges (serving parking areas 2 to 5), but air stairs are used for the remaining aircraft parking space #1 on the apron by the terminal.</p>
<p class="blog-para "><strong>Airlines and destinations: </strong>In April 2020, Cuba stopped all scheduled flights. In October 2020, it was announced that the airport would be reopening for flights with tourists being restricted to a "bubble", but before that began, the province moved to the "new normality" and the airport reopened for regular commercial flights, with flights from Mexico and the UK.</p>
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