Caracas Airport

It had been about four years since my last visit to CCS int'l and I don't really know what to think about it. The airport was or is being rebuilt and it looks really nice with lots of shops and everything but the staff are really rude and unkind. Four years ago it was all the contrary the airport was a chaos but the staff was very nice and polite. So - is that the price the airport has to pay so that it can be rebuilt?

The shops are nice and cheap and the staff = helpful and nice but the tax collecting system they have is ridiculous and unfriendly.

My impression was that the departing area is too crowded I consider CCS airport as big but definitively it urgently needs more space. The system they have to collect the taxes is inconvenient and archaic. Why don’t they just include all taxes in the ticket so that all passengers can avoid wasting their time that filling down those two forms causes? The departing area is ok pretty dark but it's impossible not to realize the amazing piece of work all along the floor made by a local artist. The airport has many cafes and restaurants and stores as well and although at first you feel a little scared because of the presence of military all around the airport the staff is incredibly nice.

Nice place to be with duty free shops that offer convenient prices. Pretty crowded but it's ok a little noisy but the airport staff are really nice friendly and helpful. It's being renovated so it's getting a new and very modern image.

A new arrival terminal is being built and a enormous area with restaurants stores and open spaces for the art was opened the last semester of 2002. They also built a conventions center outside the airport that is meant to be used as an area to receive important personalities of the politic and artistic world. Also the Hilton chain is building a hotel just across the street of the international arrivals. The international cargo area was massively expanded and they are also going to build another runaway. I think that such a modern city as Caracas really needed its airport to be renovated besides Caracas Intl works as a hub for many European and Latin American airlines so the passengers traffic is being increasing during the last 5 years. What I would criticize of all this renovation is the fact that they eliminated the great open terrace from where you could feel the breeze of the sea and see the landing and the taking off of airplanes while having a cold drink.

Having lived in Venezuela many years I've flown in and out of Caracas' Simon Bolivar airport many times. The airport was nothing special up until they began a massive renovation project a couple of years ago. A new hotel is being built at the airport and the international terminal is being greatly upgraded. Work should be completed soon but like many other projects in Venezuela it will probably be delayed some. Additionally the duty-free shops have been expanded and improved. The shops belong to the same chain of duty-free shops found in Spain's airports called "Aldeasa."