Belo Horizonte Confins Airport by Andre Bomtempo

1 July 2006   Customer Rating : n/a

The new Highway (Linha Verde) connecting the Airport to Downtown Belo Horizonte will definitely help with the distance issue. The Airport itself is modern and well maintained. But I think it has potential that’s not being used. The lack of international flights is another problem. Most flights have connections in Rio or SP, making BH hours farther then it really is. It could take less than 10 hours from New York but with the connections it takes about 15 hours, if we are lucky enough to find a flight from Rio or SP. Hopefully with the “Industrial Airport” more international flights will start to be available, we’ll see.

Belo Horizonte Confins Airport by Giovanni Guidi

3 June 2006

Very badly located and designed airport. The check-in areas are outside (it doesn't rain, but it can be very hot), the airport is too far away from the city (no fast connections as well). In terms of services it has banks, restaurants, newsagents, cash machines and a post office. There is no internet access for passengers, which is ridiculous for the third biggest airport in Brazil. I had to send an urgent business email and had to beg the local administration office (on the top floor of the terminal) to use one of their computers for 5 minutes. Thanks to the good nature of most of the Brazilian people, this was allowed (saving me from a lot of problems), but if the management is willing to put mobile phones rechargers in the terminal (I could see they were available for everyone for free) they could also make the effort to put a couple of internet access points.

Belo Horizonte Confins Airport by Andrew Coogans

27 March 2006

Confins is a modern, easy to use airport. It seems a little underused though. The check in areas are very close to the drop off point for cars. Restaurants and bars typical for a Brasilian airport. Nothing too special. Gate areas have very comfortable chairs, but they appear to be getting replaced by more standard hard ones. The problem with Confins, as most people in Belo Horizonte know, is its distance from the city centre. 1 hour away on a non-motorway standard road.

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