Santiago Airport

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:

Aeroméxico
Air Comet
American Airlines
Copa Airlines
Gol Transportes Aéreos
LAN Airlines

Sky Airline
TACA
TACA Peru
Varig
Aerolíneas 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.

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