Airport Luis E. Magalhaes
Salvador-Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (IATA: SSA), more commonly known as it was formerly named: Dois de Julho International Airport. It is located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It lies 20 km (12 mi) north of downtown Salvador. The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The road route to the airport has already become one of the city's main scenic attractions. In 2008, the airport handled 6,042,307 passengers and 95,804 aircraft movements, placing it 5th busiest airport in Brazil in terms of passengers.
The airport generates more than 16 thousand direct and indirect jobs, to serve a daily average of over 10 thousand passengers, 250 takeoffs and landings of 100 domestic and 16 international flights.
Many of these flights are domestic flights from within Brazil where Salvador serves as a major transfer point for flights to and from smaller cities throughout the Northeastern Brazil. Salvador International Airport has international service to North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.
Here are some of the major Airlines that service Salvador da Bahia Airport:
- Abaete Linhas Aereas
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Air Europa
- Air Italy
- American Airlines
- Avianca Brazil
- Azul Brazilian Airlines
- Condor
- Iberworld
- Gol Airlines
- Livingston Energy Flight a
- Passaredo
- TAM Airlines
- TAM Airlines operated by Pantanal Linhas Aereas
- TAP Portugal
- TRIP
- Webjet
The above mentioned information is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputado_Lu%C3%ADs_Eduardo_Magalh%C3%A3es_International_Airport.