Campinas Airport Car Rental

Campinas is a lovely city of Brazil that is being served by Viracopos International airport for domestic and international transport and cargos. It is very suitably located just 12 km from the main city to offer convenient connection to all the major cities of Brazil. The Viracopos international airport has got its name from the neighborhood place from where this airport is operating. Operated by Infraero, Viracopos international airport is ranked amongst top busiest airports in the world. In the year of 2011, this airport was graded number 9th for the number of passengers handled and 2nd for managing tons of cargo.

Being the key hub for import and export, Viracopos international airport has cargo terminals spreading over 77000 m² with animal cargo in 1700 m² and refrigerated space of 1480 cubic meter. Operated through two runways, Viracopos international airport has a total area of 12.36 Km². The heavy traffic of domestic and international passengers grew from 1.2 million to 7.5 million between 2008 and 2011. This airport is capable of handling over 7 million passengers every year and as the giant Azul Brazilian Airlines has resoluted Viracopos airport to be the main hub for cargo, the number of aircraft movements and passengers sum has seen a dramatic increase. Future holds a lot of developments within the vicinity of the airport to cater quality transport for Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup to be hosted by Brazil.

Major Airlines using Viracopos International Airport are

• Azul Brazilian Airlines
• TAM Airlines
• GOL Airlines
• TAP Portugal

Some of the main cargo airlines are

• LAN Cargo
• Lufthansa Cargo
• Singapore Airlines Cargo
• ABSA Cargo Airlines

The Viracopos International airport presently connects most of the major Brazilian cities like Aracaju, Dourados, Uberlandia and many more with best local facilities of transport through Campinas Airport Car Rental and taxis.

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Above information was extracted from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viracopos_International_Airport