Santiago Airport is Chile's biggest civil airport. The airport is also known as Pudahuel Airport.
The formal name of this air terminal of the city is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport.
Santiago Airport started functioning in 1967. Initially, the airport was referred to as the "Pudahuel International Airport". Pudahuel was subsequently changed to Arturo Merino Benitez. Benitez was credited with creating the Chilean Air Force. The airport went through substantial modernization phase in the 1990s.
Santiago Airport possess two terminals - a domestic terminal and an international terminal. The international terminal is of world-class standard and has two luxuriously appointed lounges. Business class passengers may avail the Neruda lounge. Economy class passengers may utilize the Mistral lounge. The following passenger airline companies offer frequent scheduled flights to Santiago airport:
- Aeromexico
- Air Comet
- American Airlines
- Copa Airlines
- Gol Transportes Aereos
- LAN Airlines
- Sky Airline
- TACA
- TACA Peru
- Varig
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Air Canada
- Air France
- Avianca
- Delta Air Lines
- Iberia
- Pluna
- Swiss International Air Lines
- Lacsa
- TAM
The domestic passenger airline companies offering regular scheduled flights to Santiago are:
- LAN Airlines
- Sky Airline
- Air Comet Chile
Santiago Airport is directly connected to a luxury hotel-Holiday Inn from the concourse itself. There are a number of duty free shops, coffee shops, food courts and ATM's in the airport premises.
