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São Paulo/Guarulhos – Govenor André Franco Montoro International Airport, also known as Cumbica International Airport, is a major Brazilian airport located in the neighborhood of Cumbica, in the city of Guarulhos. The airport is located 25 kilometers from São Paulo downtown.

Comprising 3,425 acres (14 km²), of which 5 km² is urbanized area, the airport’s infrastructure has its own highway system: Rodovia Helio Smidt from the airport is connected to Rodovia Presidente Dutra and Rodovia Ayrton Senna.

A hub in South America
, Guarulhos is Brazil’s busiest airport by international passenger traffic and the second-busiest airport in Brazil, behind Congonhas/São Paulo International Airport

. By cargo traffic, it is the busiest airport in Latin America and the 37th busiest airport in the world.

All passenger traffic is divided between two terminals (TPS1 and TPS2). With 260 check-in counters, the airport is operational 24 hours per day. 37 national and international airlines fly from São Paulo-Guarulhos to 23 different countries, as well as more than 100 cities in Brazil and the world.

Air China is the newest airline to operate at the airport (on December 10, 2006), with frequent flights to Beijing by way of a technical stop in Madrid. Webjet recently ceased operations at the airport due to changing route plans. In 2007, Emirates from United Arab Emirates will start operations at Guarulhos.

Qatar Airways from Qatar delayed plans to fly to São Paulo from the first half of 2007 to the first half of 2008 due to a lack of aircraft.

Airport plans call for the construction of two additional terminals (TPS3 and TPS4) and a third runway, bringing the airport to full capacity for passenger and cargo operations.

On November 28, 2001 a federal law

changed the airport name to honor the ex-governor of São Paulo state, André Franco Montoro, deceased in 1999, although the official name is not usually used by locals, who prefer to refer to it as Guarulhos Airport or simply Cumbica.

Terminals and destinations

Terminal 1 (TPS1)

Wing A

• Air China (Beijing, Madrid)
• Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
• Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Miami)
• Aeroméxico (Mexico City)
• Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa)
• Avianca (Bogotá-El Dorado)
  • OceanAir Focus city (Aracaju, Brasília, Campina Grande, Caruaru, Cascavel, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Juazeiro do Norte, Maceió, Mexico City, Montes Claros, Natal, Paulo Afonso, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador)
• British Airways (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, London-Heathrow)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
• Iberia (Madrid)
• Japan Airlines (New York-JFK, Tokyo-Narita)
• KLM (Amsterdam)

• Passaredo (Barreiras, Cuiabá, Franca, Goiânia, Ribeirão Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Uberlândia, Vitória da Conquista)
• United Airlines (Chicago-O’Hare, Washington-Dulles)

Wing B

• Gol Hub (Aracaju, Asunción, Belém, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Belém, Boa Vista, Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Caxias do Sul, Campina Grande, Campo Grande, Chapecó, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Córdoba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ilhéus, Imperatriz, João Pessoa, Juazeiro do Norte, Lima-Callao, Londrina, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Maringá, Montevideo, Natal, Palmas, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Recife, Rio Branco, Rosario, Salvador, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santarém, Santiago, São Luís, Teresina, Vitória)

• TAM Hub (Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Boa Vista, Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Caxias do Sul, Campinas, Caracas [Begins October 2007], Campo Grande, Caxias do Sul, Comandatuba, Corumbá, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiânia, Ilhéus, Imperatriz, João Pessoa, Joinville, London-Heathrow, Londrina, Macapá, Maceió, Manaus, Marabá, Maringá, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Natal, New York-JFK, Palmas, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador, Santarém, Santiago, São Luís, Teresina, Vitória)
  • TAM Mercosur (Asunción, Ciudad del Este)

Terminal 2 (TPS2)

Wing C

• America Air (Alfenas, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Juiz de Fora, Lins, Ourinhos, São José dos Campos)
• Air Minas (Bauru-Arealva, Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Divinópolis, Varginha)
• Pluna (Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Madrid, Montevideo, Punta del Este)
• Varig Hub (Beijing [in the middle of 2008], Belo Horizonte, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Copenhagen [late 2008], Curitiba, Fernando de Noronha, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Frankfurt, Lima [begin of 2008], London-Heathrow [by end of 2007], Madrid [late 2007], Manaus, Mexico City [late 2007], Milan-Malpensa [late 2007], Montevidéo [late 2008], Oranjestad [late 2008], Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, Salvador, Santiago [late 2008], Vitória)
• Emirates (Dubai)
• Qatar Airways (Doha) [Starts second semester 2008]

Wing D

• Aerosur (La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
• Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson)
• American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK)
• BRA Transportes Aéreos Hub (Aracaju, Araguaína, Belém, Brasília, Caldas Novas, Campo Grande, Caruaru, Curitiba, Goiânia, Juazeiro do Norte, Lisbon, Maceió, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Natal, Palmas, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, São Luís, Teresina)
• Copa Airlines (Panama City)
• Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
• Lufthansa (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza [ends October 28, 2007], Frankfurt, Munich)
• LAN Airlines (Santiago)
  • LAN Argentina (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza)
  • LANExpress (Santiago)
  • LAN Peru (Lima, Los Angeles)
• Sol Dominicana Airlines (La Romana)
• South African Airways (Johannesburg)
• Swiss International Air Lines (Santiago, Zürich)
• TAP Portugal (Lisbon, Porto)
• TACA
  • TACA Peru (Lima)

Former airlines and destinations

• Aeroperu (Lima)
• Aero Continente (Lima)
• Aeroflot (Moscow-Shremetyevo, Tunis)
• Air Madrid (Madrid)
• Braniff (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami)
• Canadian Airlines (Toronto-Pearson)
• Cubana de Aviacion (Havana)
• Eastern Airlines (Miami)
• Ecuatoriana (Quito)
• Korean Air (Los Angeles, Seoul-Incheon)
• Ladeco (Santiago)
• Pan Am (Los Angeles, Miami)
• Qantas (Sydney)
• SAS (Copenhagen)
• Sabena(Brussels)
• Swissair (Zurich) (services restored by Swiss International Air Lines)
• Transbrasil Hub (National and international destinations)
• VASP Hub
• Viasa (Caracas)

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