BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANDS – BUT IS THERE ENOUGH CAPACITY?

THE NEW terminal at the principal international airport in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, Ministro Pistarini International, was inaugurated in March, increasing its total capacity to 13 million passengers – last year (2012) it struggled to accommodate 8.8 million passengers. Critics, however, warn that, despite the Argentine Pesos ARS570 million (USD97.2 million and USD111 million at the March exchange rate) development, in just a few years passenger numbers will surpass that figure. This will leave the airport once again straining to handle ...


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