Silvio Pettirossi International Airport

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Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Asunción Silvio Pettirossi


Front view of ASU terminal
IATA: ASU – ICAO: SGAS
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Asuncion
Location Luque, Asuncion
Elevation AMSL 89 m / 291 ft
Coordinates 25°14′23″S, 057°31′09″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02L/20R 3,353 11,000 Asphalt/Concrete

Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (IATA: ASU, ICAO: SGAS) is Paraguay's main national and international gateway, located at Luque, suburb of the capital Asunción.

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[edit] Name

The airport is named after the Paraguayan aviator Silvio Pettirossi. It was formerly known as Presidente General Stroessner Airport, after Paraguay's former dictator Alfredo Stroessner.

[edit] Airlines

  • Aerolineas Argentinas (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Corrientes, Resistencia)
  • Aerosur (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
  • Gol (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Curitiba, São Paulo-Guarulhos)
  • TAM Mercosur (Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cordoba, Ciudad del Este, Cochabamba, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Montevideo, Pedro Juan Caballero, Punta del Este [seasonal], Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santiago de Chile)
  • PLUNA Uruguay (Montevideo)
  • Regional Paraguaya (Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Ciudad del Este, Cordoba, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Rosario, São Paulo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santiago [to begin all operations soon; currently operating chartered services])


[edit] Formerly serving airlines

[edit] Domestic

[edit] International

[edit] American Airlines

In December 2005, American Airlines announced that it would end flights to Asunción from São Paulo and Miami after fifteen years of service because the route was no longer profitable.[1] This made the city one of the few Latin American capitals that the airline does not fly to.

However, in September 13, 2007, Paraguay's Civil Aeronautical National Authority (DINAC, Direccion Nacional de Aeronautica Civil) announced that talks with American Airlines were in process, in order to resume flights to Asuncion.

[edit] Iberia

In 1996 Iberia ended all flights from Madrid via Sao Paulo. However, in May 20, 2008, after engaging talks, Paraguay's DINAC authorities announced that negotiations between Iberia and DINAC were advanced, and that the airline would soon resume flights[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ American Airlines To Pull Out Of Paraguay from AirWise News 15/12/2005
  2. ^ (Spanish) Iberia, a punto de volver a Paraguay from Diario ABC Color

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