Carrasco International Airport
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The Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco (IATA: MVD, ICAO: SUMU ) is the international airport in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. He is the largest and most important airport of the country and served as the home base of PLUNA.
It was built in 1947 and is located in the department of Canelones few kilometers east of Montevideo in the same village. On 5 October 2009, the new, designed by Rafael Viñoly terminal was inaugurated. It has four passenger boarding bridges and can, according to the company involved in the construction Barrisol handle up to four and a half million passengers annually. The actual passenger numbers fluctuated, however, in recent years, each of the one million mark. In a ranking of the airport U.S. travel portal pious 's the airport of Montevideo in January 2012 found a place in the Top 10 of the best airports in the world. There he finished ninth.
Airlines and destinations
Montevideo is connected to numerous destinations within South America, including Buenos Aires, Panama City and Lima. American Airlines offers flights to Miami, Iberia was the airport (as of 2012) the only European destination, the Spanish capital Madrid, tethered. On November 26, 2012 Iberia announced to cancel the direct flight connection despite 86 % drive load the track at the beginning of 2013 first partially and completely cease from April 2013. There is now a three times a week initially offered direct connection Air Europa between Madrid and Montevideo. In early November 2013 were announced to extend this connection because of the good capacity utilization of about 75 percent to five flights per week. Since March 8, 2014, Air France also offers a daily flight between Montevideo and Paris.