{"id":232428,"date":"2022-03-01T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/?p=232428"},"modified":"2024-12-19T19:08:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:08:52","slug":"santiago-de-chile-airports-new-terminal-opens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/santiago-de-chile-airports-new-terminal-opens-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago de Chile airport\u2019s new terminal opens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since Monday 28 February, international flights have been transferred to the new terminal at Santiago de Chile airport. Chilean President Sebasti\u00e1n Pi\u00f1era inaugurated a new international terminal at Santiago\u2019s Arturo Merino Ben\u00edtez Airport, the country\u2019s largest, on Saturday after months of delay and a billion-dollar investment. Operator Nuevo Pudahuel is requesting an extension of the concession due to the pandemic-related revenue freeze and government travel restrictions, which are still in effect today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe new facilities provide a new gateway to foreign countries and increase the airport\u2019s capacity from 13 to 38 million passengers per year,\u201d said Chilean President Sebasti\u00e1n Pi\u00f1era \u2013 who will leave office on 11 March \u2013 at the inauguration of the new international terminal at Santiago International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-212972\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new facilities represent an investment of one billion dollars, with four new walkways, 45 boarding gates, 96 check-in stations and a total of 66 additional border control booths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are helping to make commercial aviation easier to use, more economical and open up air travel to more people,\u201d said President Pi\u00f1era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, almost 7,000 additional parking spaces, an amphitheatre for 250 people and an exhibition centre will be put into operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to information provided by the airport authorities, 13 airlines have already moved their operations to the new terminal: Aerol\u00edneas Argentinas, Air Canada, Iberia, KLM-AirFrance, JetSmart, United Airlines, Aeromexico, American Airlines, Avianca, British Airways, Copa Airlines and Sky Airline and finally LATAM and Delta Air Lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Nuevo Terminal Internacional del aeropuerto AMB (Mayo 2021)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UjhWxlAoIgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago de Chile\u2019s airport new terminal is now open, featuring modern infrastructure and enhancing the experience for international travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16783],"tags":[8045,12501,8135,11645,18643,15154,18642,7771,18641],"class_list":["post-232428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-air-transport","tag-airport-development","tag-chile-tourism","tag-international-travel","tag-latin-america-aviation","tag-modern-infrastructure","tag-new-terminal","tag-passenger-experience","tag-santiago-de-chile-airport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232430,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232428\/revisions\/232430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}