'43 Pearse St, Dublin 2
Telephone: 01-408-1900
Galeao International Airport
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport, is the main airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after Praia do Galeão (Galleon Beach), located in front of the original passenger terminal (the present passenger terminal of the Brazilian Air Force) and where in 1663 the galleon Padre Eterno was built; and since January 5, 1999 also after the Brazilian musician Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim. Galeão Airport is explicitly mentioned in his composition "Samba do avião."
Operated by Infraero, it is the largest airport site in Brazil. In 2012 the airport was ranked 2nd in terms of transported passengers, and 4th in terms of aircraft operations and cargo handled in Brazil, placing it amongst the busiest airports in the country.
Location: Ilha do Governador - Rio de Janeiro
URL: http://www.infraero.com.br/
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | Concourse |
|---|---|---|
| Aerolineas Argentinas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Puerto Iguazu | 1C |
| Aerolineas Argentinas operated by Austral Lineas Aereas | Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza | 1C |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 1C |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino | 1C |
| American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK | 2B |
| Avianca | Bogota | 1C |
| Avianca Brazil | Brasilia, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Maceio, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador da Bahia, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos | 1C |
| Avianca Peru | Lima | 1C |
| Azul Brazilian Airlines | Belo Horizonte-Confins, Campinas-Viracopos, Cuiaba, Fortaleza, Navegantes, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Recife, Uberlandia | 1B |
| Azul Brazilian Airlines operated by TRIP Linhas Aereas | Campinas-Viracopos, Cuiaba | 1B |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow | 1C |
| Condor | Seasonal: Frankfurt | 1C |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City | 1C |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta | 2B |
| Emirates | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Dubai | 2C |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa , Lome | 2C |
| Gol Airlines | Aracaju, Belem-Val de Cans, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasilia, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campinas-Viracopos, Cordoba, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguacu, Goiania, Joao Pessoa, Juazeiro do Norte, Londrina, Macapa, Maceio, Manaus, Miami, Natal, Navegantes, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador da Bahia, Santo Domingo, Sao Luis, Sao Paulo-Congonhas, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, Vitoria | 1B |
| Gol Airlines operated by Varig | Aruba, Caracas, Punta Cana, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos | 1B |
| Iberia | Madrid | 1C |
| KLM | Amsterdam | 1C |
| LAN Airlines | Santiago de Chile | 2D |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | 2C |
| Passaredo Linhas Aereas | Cuiaba, Goiania, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Uberlandia | 1C |
| TAAG Angola Airlines | Luanda | 2B |
| TAM Airlines | Belem-Val de Cans, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasilia, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campinas-Viracopos, Caracas, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguacu, Frankfurt , Joao Pessoa, London-Heathrow, Maceio, Manaus, Miami, Montevideo, Natal, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle , Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador da Bahia, Santarem, Santiago de Chile, Sao Luis, Sao Paulo-Congonhas, Sao Paulo-Guarulhos, Vitoria | 2D |
| TAM Airlines operated by Pantanal Linhas Aereas |
Sao Paulo-Congonhas | 2D |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon, Porto | 2C |
| United Airlines | Houston-Intercontinental, Washington-Dulles | 2B |
| US Airways | Charlotte | 2C |
*Source of information: Wikipedia.