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Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport |
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| The leading aviation facility in the Latin American country of Chile, Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport is located 17 km northwest of the center of the national capital Santiago. One of the major airports in South America, it commenced operations in 1967 with renovations and modernization being carried on periodically. Named after Arturo Merino Benitez who is credited with the setting up of the Chilean Air Force, this airport in Chile is also known as Pudahuel Airport or Santiago International Airport. Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport moreover is also the major hub for LAN Airlines, the largest airline organization in the country.
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The airport boasts of a couple of terminals, domestic and international. Both the terminals of Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport are housed in the same building and are connected internally by a passageway, stairs, hallways and elevators. The major car rent service companies in Chile like Alamo, Budget, Avis and Hertz have car hire desks on the first floor of the airport in two areas, namely arrival sand western side of the airport’s zone. Mini Bus services are operated from the airport by TransVip and TransCity while bus and taxi services are available in plenty.
As for the facilities available at this major Chilean airport, one can shop around a number of gift, jewelry, wine, handicraft and book shops while duty free shops too provide with most of the major brands available in this part of the world. A pharmacy and a medical services center are the other prominent features associated with the Santiago International Airport. Telephones and internet kiosks along with ATM machines and money conversion facilities add up for the rest of services available here.
However, it is the facilities for disabled travelers at the airport that is really appreciable. The airport building has been designed with hearing, visual and tactile facilities like wheelchair accessible Braille lifts, telephone, and adapted bathrooms for disabled ones. A business center and a small meeting room with all the modern amenities of internet connectivity, fax, video conferencing, banquet halls make up the other important features of the airport. As expected of a contemporary airport, it has a good number of luxury hotels in the proximity. Some of the popular hotels near Santiago International Airport are Four Points Santiago, Sheraton Santiago Hotel & Convention Center, Crown Plaza Hotel Santiago and Hotel Diego de Almagro Aeropuerto that offer the best of accommodation and conference facilities at Santiago in Chile.
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