Simón Bolívar International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia
nativename = Aeropuerto de Maiquetia
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IATA = CCS
ICAO = SVMI
type = Public
owner = IAAM
operator = Instituto Autónomo del Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía
city-served = Caracas
location = Caracas
elevation-f = 235
elevation-m = 72
coordinates = Coord|10|36|11|N|066|59|26|W|type:airport|display=inline,title
website = http://www.aeropuerto-maiquetia.com.ve
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r1-number = 10/28
r1-length-f = 11,483
r1-length-m = 3,500
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 09/27
r2-length-f = 9,930
r2-length-m = 3,027
r2-surface = Asphalt
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Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetia airport codes|CCS|SVMI (Spanish: "Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolívar"), is located in Maiquetía, Venezuela, about 13 miles (21 kilometres) from Caracas downtown, the capital and the largest city of Venezuela.

Simply called 'Maiquetia' by the local population, this is the most important airport of the twelve international airports in Venezuela. The Simon Bolivar Airport was the main hub for Aeropostal. Since 1960, it had been the main hub for VIASA, Venezuela's former flag carrier that went into bankruptcy in 1997.

It handles flights to many important cities in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East.

Since 2000, the Simon Bolivar Airport has been undergoing major changes in order to meet international standards and to improve passenger traffic, security, immigration areas and customs areas, including 10 new international-only gates to improve arrival capacities from foreign countries. Security measures have become top priority since the 9/11 events, and now departure areas and arrival areas are completely split into the lower and upper levels of the airport. An on-site hotel was on construction but it halted before it was finished, it is unknown if it will ever be finished and opened since works in the airport have stopped as well on most areas

tatistics

Passenger Traffic

*2005: 7,079,634
*2006: 6,772,583
*2007 [http://www.aeropuerto-maiquetia.com.ve/ :::: Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetia Simón Bolivar :::: ] ] : 8,357,446

Terminals and destinations

International terminal

*Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza)
*AeroRepublica (Bogotá, Medellín)
*Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson)
*Air Dominicana (Punta Cana)
*Air Europa (Madrid)
*Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
*Alitalia (Rome-Fiumicino)
*American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK, San Juan)
*Aserca Airlines (Aruba, Curaçao,Santo Domingo)
*Avianca (Bogotá)
*Avior Airlines (Aruba, Curaçao, Fort-de-France)
*Caribbean Airlines (Port of Spain)
*Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
*Conviasa (Damascus, Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
*Copa Airlines (Panama City)
*Cubana de Aviación (Havana)
*Dutch Antilles Express (Curaçao)
*Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
*Iberia (Madrid)
*LAN Airlines (Guayaquil, Miami, Santiago de Chile)
**LAN Peru (Lima)
*Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
*Mexicana (Mexico City)
*Santa Barbara Airlines (Aruba, Guayaquil, Miami, Quito, Tenerife-Los Rodeos)
*TACA
**Lacsa (San José de Costa Rica)
**TACA Peru (Lima)
*TAM Airlines (Manaus, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
*TAP Portugal (Funchal, Lisbon)
*Varig (São Paulo-Guarulhos)

Domestic terminal

*Aeropostal (Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz,Barcelona,Valencia)
*Aserca Airlines (Barcelona, Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Domingo del Táchira, Valencia)
*Avior Airlines (Acarigua, Barcelona, Barinas, Barquisimeto, Canaima, Carúpano, Coro, Cumaná, Maracaibo, Mérida, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Tomé, Valencia, Valera)
*Conviasa (Barcelona, Barinas, Ciudad Bolívar, Las Piedras, Los Roques, Maracaibo, Maturín, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Ayacucho, San Fernando de Apure, El Vigía)
*LASER (Porlamar)
*Rutaca (Ciudad Bolívar, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Antonio del Táchira)
*Santa Bárbara Airlines (Barquisimeto, Las Piedras, Maracaibo, Mérida, San Antonio del Táchira, Valencia)
*Venezolana (Cumaná, Maracaibo,Maturin,El Vigia,Porlamar,)
*Aero Ejecutivos (Canaima,Puerto Ayacucho, Los Roques)
*Aereotuy (Canaima, Los Roques,Isla la Blanquilla, Delta del Orinoco)
*Sol America (Los Roques, Valencia,)
*Rainbow air (Porlamar,Los Roques)
*Sundance air (Porlamar)

Cargo airlines

*Air France Cargo
*Atlas
*DHL Aviation
*Tampa Airlines
*UPS

Previous Routes

*American Airlines (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) ended 2004
*Aeroperu (Lima) "Ceased operation on 10 March 1999"
*British Airways (Bogotá, London-Gatwick) "Suspended by BA on 6 February 2005 due to then declining international economy"
*Eastern Air Lines (Miami) "Transferred to American Airlines in 1990"
*Ecuatoriana (Quito, Guayaquil, Nassau, Miami) "Ceased operation in 2001"
*Iran Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)ended early 2008
*KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) "Now codeshares with Air France"
*Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (Bogotá, Santa Cruz de la Sierra) "Suspended due to poor finance"
*Pan Am (Miami) "Ceased operations on 4 December 1991 due to bankruptcy"
*Saeta (Quito, Guayaquil, Miami) "Ceased operation in February 2000"
*United Airlines (Miami) "Service ceased on 7 January 2003 because of financial problems
*VIASA (Bogota, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Guayaquil, Houston-Intercontinental,New York JFK, Lima, Miami, Quito, Rio De Janeiro, São Paulo, Santo Domingo, Santiago de Chile, San Juan, Toronto, Frankfurt, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Paris, London) "Ceased operation in January 1997"
*BWIA Ceased operation due to Bankruptcy

See also

* List of Venezuelan Airlines
* Los Roques Airport – an airport serving Los Roques archipelago national park, remotely controlled from Simón Bolívar International Airport

References

External links

* [http://www.aeropuerto-maiquetia.com.ve/ Official Website]
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