Manaus Airport Car Rental

Manaus city of Brazil is being served by the Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes airport that has its name on the Brazilian military figure and politician Air Marshall Eduardo Gomes. This airport is counted as one of the busiest airports of the country and was positioned 3rd for handling the largest cargos. Like plenty of other Brazilian airports, this airport is also being managed by Infraero and has regular flights to connect key Brazilian cities.

Before Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, Manaus city was being served by Ponta Pelada airport till 1976, when this older airport was abandoned to serve as base for Air Force, Manaus. There are two passenger terminals with one terminal serve to receive international and domestic flight and the other is used for general aviation. Besides this, the airport also has 3 cargo terminals spreading over 49,000 meters square to handle as much as 12,000 tons of cargo every month. Integrated air traffic control of Brazil and centre of air defense is also situated in the airport vicinity. The airport complex has a total area of 14,050,529.01 meter square with track dimension of 2700 X 45 meters. The airport also has an aircraft parking to comfortably hold 18 aircrafts. Major destinations of the flights from Manaus airport include Miami, Porto Urucu, Porto Alegre, Salvador da Bahia and many others.

Major Airlines Using Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes Airport Are:

• American Airlines
• Azul Brazilian Airlines
• GOL Airlines
• Copa Airlines
• Total Linhas Aereas
• TAM Airlines
• TRIP Airlines

Apart from this, ABSA cargo airlines, MasAir, Lufthansa cargo and few other airlines also serve for cargo services. Other services at the airport include swift transportation via bus, Manaus Airport Car Rental and taxis for easy transportation to and from the main city along with excellent banking and shopping services. The airport has 36 check-in counters and huge vehicle parking space for 662 vehicles.

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