Benj Matienzo Airport
Benjamin Matienzo International Airport (IATA: TUC) is the international airport that serves Tucuman Province in the north of Argentina. It was built in 1981, and its terminal was inaugurated on 12 October 1986. This airport replaced the old one, located on the Ninth of July Park, because of its bad location (600 metres (1,969 ft) from the Plaza Independencia).
In 1988, it handled 710,000 passengers. In 1998, 568,000. And in 2008, just 287,000 passengers. Traffic is anyway improving: 193,000 passengers in 2007; 287,000 in 2008 and 365,000 in 2009.
Here are some of the major Airlines that service Benjamin Matienzo International Airport:
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Aerosur
- Austral Lineas Aereas
- LAN Argentina
- LAN Cargo
- Sol Líneas Aefreas
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