Home of the Stol ultralight, which is now in Capetown, after the copletion of the tripfrom Ubatuba to Ushuaia, then Greenland, Iceland and down to South Africa

Fri, 20 Jul 2007

Future congestion?

By david on Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro Airport view thread | reply

This is the main airport for Sao Paulo. Unfortunately, it may get more congested if authorities decide to shut down its reliever, Congonhas (CGH), after the TAM Airbus crash there on July 17, since GRU will have to pick up the extra domestic flights.

Fri, 20 Jul 2007

Airport may close

By david on Congonhas Airport view thread | reply

After the fatal TAM Airbus crash on July 17 2007, some Brazilian officials are talking about closing the airport completely for evaluations and maybe resurfacing. Sao Paulo's main international airport is Guarulhos (GRU), but I think that CGH is used a lot for domestic flights, like La Guardia (LGA) in New York. Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070719/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_plane_crash