SALVADOR INT'L AIRPORT review : 17 May 2008 : by A Hijmans

Customer Rating : 3/5

On the whole SSA is everything you'd expect a medium-sized airport to be. It's spacious, well- signposted, and safe. Check-in is usually fast (except for charter flights to Europe), security is fast and friendly, domestic arrival also fast and efficient. The one major problem at SSA are the long queues at customs in the afternoon when several international flights arrive pretty much at the same time. If you don't carry a Brazilian passport, expect to stand in line for over an hour. There are just enough shops and food amenities. SSA is still (thankfully) first and foremost an airport, not a shopping mall. If you are taking a bus from the city centre to the airport (or vice versa) be aware that traffic in Salvador is horrendous and the journey at peak times will take at least two hours.

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