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Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport,
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line,
Eduardo Gomes,
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco,
Airlines in films,
Douglas DC-6,
Douglas DC-7,
Varig,
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Lockheed Constellation
Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport airport , more commonly known as
Dois de Julho International Airport, is located in
Salvador,
Bahia,
Brazil. It is administered by
Infraero, and lies 20 km north of downtown Salvador. Currently, it is the 6th busiest airport in Brazil.
History
The airport was founded in
1925, and was completely rebuilt in
1941 by
Panair do Brasil ("necessities of war", declared the American and the Brazilian governments). Its old name was Santo Amaro do Ipitanga.
In
1955, the airport changed its name to
Dois de Julho, and, in
1998, to the present name, although Salvador's inhabitants mostly continue to refer to the airport by the older name
Dois de Julho.
In
2000, the airport went under a major renovation which made the airport one of the most modern airports in Brazil.
General information
* Main terminal: 69,400 m²
* Number of fingers: 11
* Capacity: 7,500,000 passengers
* Passengers (
2003) - 3,450,000
* Direct jobs: 4,000
Airlines
*
Air Europa (Madrid)
*
Avianca **
Avianca operated by
OceanAir (Brasilia)
*
BRA Transportes Aéreos*
Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
*
LAN Airlines (Santiago)
*
Livingston (Milan-Malpensa)
*
TAF (Belém, Fortaleza, Macápá, Manaus, Recife)
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TAM (Belem, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campinas, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Ilheus, Manaus, Miami, Natal, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, São Luis, São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Vitoria)
*
TAP Portugal (Lisbon)
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Star Airlines (Paris)
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Varig (São Paulo-Guarulhos)
External link
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Category:Airports in Brazil