Regional Flights Serving GIG
Airline Destinations
Aerol íneas Argentinas Buenos Aires/Ezeiza, Buenos Aires/Aeroparque, Córdoba, Rosário
Aerolíneas Argentinas
(op by Austral Líneas Aéreas)Buenos Aires/Ezeiza
Amaszonas Paraguay Asunción
Avianca Colombia Bogotá
Avianca Peru Lima
Copa Airlines Panama City/Tocumen
GOL Transportes Aéreos Buenos Aires/Ezeiza, Córdoba, Mendoza (seasonal), Montevideo, Rosario, Santiago de ChileLATAM Brasil Asunción, Buenos Aires/Ezeiza, Lima, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile
LATAM Chile Santiago de Chile (seasonal)
LATAM Paraguay Asunción, Buenos Aires/Ezeiza
Sky Airline Santiago de Chile (seasonal)http://www.airlinerworld.com 71Domestic Flights Serving GIG
Airline DestinationAvianca BrasilBrasília, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, João Pessoa,
Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador da Bahia, São Paulo/Congonhas,
São Paulo/Guarulhos
Azul Linhas Aéreas
Brasileiras Belo Horizonte/Confins, Recife, São Paulo/CampinasGOL Transportes AéreosAracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte/Confins, Brasília, Campina Grande,
Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, João Pessoa, Macapá,
Maceió, Manaus, Maringá, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rosario,
Salvador da Bahia, São Luis, São Paulo/Campinas, São Paulo/
Congonhas, São Paulo/Guarulhos, Vitória
LATAM Brasil Belo Horizonte/Confins, Boa Vista, Brasília, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Foz do Iguaçu, João Pessoa, Maceió, Manaus, NatalInternational Flights Serving GIG
Airline Destination Frequency Type
Air France Paris/Charles de Gaulle Daily 777
Alitalia Rome/Fiumicino Daily A330American AirlinesMiami Daily 777
New York/JFK Daily 777
Dallas/Fort Worth (seasonal) Daily 777
British Airways London/Heathrow Daily 787
Delta Air Lines Atlanta Daily^767
New York/JFK Daily 767
Edelweiss Air Zürich Twice weekly A330
Emirates Buenos Aires/Ezeiza - Dubai International Daily 777
Iberia Madrid Daily A330
KLM Amsterdam Daily 787/777L ATAMMiami Daily 767
Orlando Three times weekly 767
Lufthansa Frankfurt Daily 747- 400/-8
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca Three times weekly 767
TAAG Angolan
Airlines Luanda - São Paulo/Guarulhos Five times weekly^777
TAP Air Portugal
Lisbon Twice daily A330
Porto Twice weekly A330
United Airlines Houston Daily 767Two into One Does Go
With two almost identical terminals
and the airport’s privatisation on the
horizon, initial plans called for the
renovation and extension of both build-
ings. However, in 2014 the RIOgaleão
consortium took over the management
of GIG on a 25-year concession and had
radically different ideas. The
consortium consists of Changi Airports
International (operator of Singapore’s
main gateway as well as 50 other
facilities around the world), the
Brazilian construction company
Odebrecht – which hold a majority
stake of 51% between them – and
Infraero, the Brazilian government
corporation responsible for the smooth
running of most of the country’s
airports, owning the remaining 49%.
While initial plans called for continued
operation of both terminals alongside
each other, RIOgaleão had instigated its
own plans. Instead of spreading opera-
tions over two buildings, all but a very
few exceptions - Avianca Brasil still
uses Terminal 1 to board and disembark
its passengers - are now concentrated
in Terminal 2, where a South Pier has
been built and the apron extended to
handle the increased number of
aircraft movements.
Taking less than two years to construct,
the South Pier, which boasts 26
airbridges, opened in May 2016, in time
for the Olympic Games. Meanwhile,
Terminal 1, which underwent its own
renovations just a couple
of years before the airport’s transfer to
the new concession holder, remains
largely empty today.
For RIOgaleão, it made sense to
consolidate most operations in
Terminal 2. No decision has been made
about the future of Terminal 1 although
some shops and restaurants and one of
the airport’s two hotels remain open in
the building.