Ministro Pistarini International Airport
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Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Template:Langx) Template:Airport codes, also known as Ezeiza International Airport owing to its location in Ezeiza in Greater Buenos Aires, is an international airport Template:Convert south-southwest of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires,<ref name="AIP" /> the capital city of Argentina. Covering Template:Convert,<ref name="ORSNA" /> it is one of two commercial airports serving Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, along with Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. Pistarini Airport is the country's largest international airport by number of passengers handled—85% of international traffic<ref name="ORSNA" />—and is a hub for international flights of Template:Lang, which operates domestic services from the airport as well. It has been operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. since 1998.<ref name="AIP" /><ref name="Argentina Transfers" /><ref name="Milan moves in to manage" />
History
The airport is named after Juan Pistarini, Minister of Public Works during the presidency of Juan Perón, who placed the cornerstone of the project on 22 December 1945.<ref name="La Nación-1999" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was designed and erected by Argentine technicians.<ref name="Flight1949-731" /> Its construction, which took four years to be completed,<ref name="Trenado" /> was one of the major projects in the five-year plan of the first presidency of Juan Perón.<ref name="Flight1949-731" /> The airport was inaugurated on 30 April 1949.<ref name="Trenado" /> When it opened it was the third-largest airport in the world.<ref name="Flight1948-494" /> A 1949 diagram<ref>American Aviation 1 August 1949 p15</ref> shows three runways crossing at 60-degree angles: Template:Convert runway 10/28, Template:Convert 4/22 and Template:Convert 16/34.
The Ezeiza massacre took place near the airport in 1973.<ref name="Háskel-2006" /><ref name="Sopeña-1998" />
Operations
In October 2012, Ezeiza Airport recorded the highest annual traffic growth of all the airports operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For this month, the airport handled 767,824 passengers, a 10.9% increase compared to the previous October; the volume of international and domestic traffic for October 2012 increased 8.7% and 108.3%, respectively, year-on-year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Overall, 2012 traffic figures for the airport indicated a 7.3% increase over the previous year.<ref name="Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.-2013" /> Figures for July 2013 showed that the airport handled 688,397 passengers, an 8.9% decrease over the previous year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Terminals
Terminal C was inaugurated in July 2011;<ref name="Garffoglio-2011" /> Template:As of, its facilities were in use by Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air France, and Alitalia for their operations.<ref name="AA2000" /><ref name="Terminal C-2011" /><ref name="Pagani-2011" />
In March 2013, terminal B, with an area of Template:Convert, was inaugurated, for use by Aerolíneas Argentinas and KLM.<ref name="Aeropuertos Argentina 2000" /><ref name="Aeropuertos Argentina-2013" />
On April 14, 2023, the new Departures Terminal (Terminal de Partidas) was inaugurated. The new terminal features 50,000 square meters (538,195 sq ft) of open surface over 4 floors, with a projected capacity of 30 million passengers per year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The old Terminal A became the new International Arrivals Terminal and the old Terminal C became the new Domestic Arrivals Terminal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Airlines and destinations
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Cargo
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Route development
Qantas withdrew its service to the airport in favour of Santiago in March 2012;<ref name="Qantas Airways Ltd-2011" /><ref name="Qanta-2012" /> flights to Ezeiza Airport had begun in November 2008.<ref name="Qantas Airways Limited" /> This followed Malaysia Airlines' termination of its Boeing 747-served Kuala Lumpur–Cape Town–Buenos Aires route in early 2012 to cut costs.<ref name="Malaysia Airlines-2011" /> Aerolíneas Argentinas discontinued the Auckland stopover on the Buenos Aires–Sydney run in July 2012; Sydney was removed from the airline's network in April 2014.<ref name="CAPA Centre for Aviation-2014" /> South African Airways discontinued its Johannesburg–Buenos Aires service in March 2014.<ref name="South African Airways-2013" />
In Template:Start date, Qatar Airways launched direct flights between the airport and Doha,<ref name="Mercopress-2010" /><ref name="Kingsley-Jones-2010" /> but in August 2020 cancelled the route.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After a ten-year gap,<ref name="KLM-2011a" /> KLM resumed operations at the airport in October 2011.<ref name="KLM-2011" /> Emirates launched services to the airport in Template:Start date,<ref name="Emirates-2012" /> but in August 2020 discontinued the route.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Turkish Airlines extended its Istanbul–São Paulo service to end at Ezeiza in December 2012.<ref name="Turkish Airlines-2012" /> Air New Zealand started non-stop flights between the airport and Auckland in December 2015,<ref name="Air Zew Zealand-2015" /> but discontinued them in 2020.<ref name="Air New Zealand scraps" /> United Airlines cancelled non-stop flights from Newark, New Jersey, in October 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In January 2018, Aerolineas Argentinas cancelled the non-stop flight to Barcelona.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Later, low-cost carriers LEVEL and Norwegian started long-haul flights to Ezeiza airport from Barcelona and London-Gatwick, respectively. The Norwegian carrier discontinued the route in April 2020.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ethiopian Airlines and Swiss carrier Edelweiss Air launched new flights to Buenos Aires.Template:When<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Aerolíneas Argentinas started flights to Orlando in December 2019, but in March 2020 the route was discontinued.Template:Citation needed LATAM Argentina ended its operations in June 2020 and discontinued routes to Miami and Brazil.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In July 2020, American Airlines discontinued its Los Angeles route.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) |
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| 2005 | 6,365,989 | Template:Increase14.34% | 62,048 | Template:Increase 6.10% | 177,358 | Template:Increase 1.41% |
| 2006 | 6,867,596 | Template:Increase 7.88% | 63,693 | Template:Increase 2.65% | 187,415 | Template:Increase 5.67% |
| 2007 | 7,487,779 | Template:Increase 9.03% | 70,576 | Template:Increase10.81% | 204,909 | Template:Increase 9.33% |
| 2008 | 8,012,794 | Template:Increase 7.01% | 71,037 | Template:Increase 0.65% | 205,506 | Template:Increase 0.29% |
| 2009 | 7,910,048 | Template:Decrease 1.28% | 67,488 | Template:Decrease 5.00% | 162,806 | Template:Decrease20.78% |
| 2010 | 8,786,807 | Template:Increase11.08% | 65,063 | Template:Decrease 3.59% | 212,890 | Template:Increase30.96% |
| Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Statistics (Years 2005–2010) | ||||||
| Rank | City | Passengers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago, Chile | 1,130,000 |
| 2 | Miami, USA | 1,001,000 |
| 3 | Lima, Peru | 896,000 |
| 4 | Madrid, Spain | 815,000 |
| 5 | São Paulo, Brazil | 739,000 |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 654,000 |
| 7 | Bogotá, Colombia | 372,000 |
| 8 | Rome, Italy | 332,000 |
| 9 | New York City | 329,000 |
| 10 | Panama City, Panama | 275,000 |
Accidents and incidents
Template:As of, Aviation Safety Network recorded 30 accidents/incidents for aircraft that departed from the airport or had it as a destination.<ref>Template:ASN</ref> The list below provides a summary of the fatal events that took place at or in the vicinity of the airport.
- 23 October 1996: Argentine Air Force Flight 5025, a Boeing 707-320C, registration LV-LGP, was operating a cargo service when it struck the ground short of the runway on final approach to Ezeiza inbound from Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. The aircraft broke up and burst into flames. Two occupants of the aircraft died.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref><ref name="FI1997-36" />
- 26 October 2003: CATA Línea Aérea Flight 760, a Fairchild FH-227B, tail number LV-MGV, was operating a nonscheduled Ezeiza–Corrientes freighter service when it encountered technical difficulties shortly after takeoff from Ezeiza Airport. The aircraft attempted a belly landing on a nearby golf course. The aircraft skidded some 200 m before hitting a tree and bursting into flames. All five occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.<ref>Template:ASN accident</ref><ref name="Engines eyed in CATA crash" />
See also
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