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We asked the Mayor and the Tourism Minister about the prospect of San Pedro getting commercial airlines flying directly there, instead of going to the PGIA. Here's what they had to say:

Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr., Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
"There is 200 acres that is allocated for that airstrip, which I believe is more land than what PGIA have at this moment."

Daniel Ortiz
"We already have the PGIA. Why one specific tailored for San Pedro?"

Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr., Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
"San Pedro is 30% of the entire tourism destination of this country. And to my belief it will be very soon more than 40%. And if we have a mega project which we know will happen as it happening in the Mexican territory. Once you have this mega project and the amount of people, why not have something that is readily available close to where this tourism resort will be along - complimenting what we have over here. Our local airlines will be about 15 miles away, so if anyone want to stay in our downtown hotel, they can come either by road, or if they want to make it faster they can come with our local airlines Maya or Tropic."

Daniel Ortiz
"The honor of your family bearing the name?"

Daniel "Danny" Guerrero, Mayor - San Pedro Town
"We are extremely excited. The family can only say a big thank you to the Prime Minister for choosing my dad's name. I can tell you my dad was really a stalwart, he really were. Not only because he was a UDP. My dad was a chairman once before."

As you heard, this new airport will be built on top of the Basil Jones Airstrip, which will be redeveloped, and expanded to the scale of an international airport. Its name will be changed from the Basil Jones Airstrip, to the Efrain Guerrero International Airport. That's in memory of Efrain Guerrero, a UDP patriarch on the island, and the father of the currently elected mayor, Daniel Guerrero.