2023-12-16 18:49:41
The Rivera airport had a budget of 13 million dollars. Photo: LR/EFE composition
Uruguay and Brazil They inaugurated the first and only binational airport of Latin America in the Uruguayan department of Riveraborder between both countries and one of the projects agreed upon by the president Luis Lacalle Poutogether with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvain January 2023. Domestic operations, passenger and cargo transit will be carried out in these facilities, in a historic milestone in the region.
The work had a budget of 13 million dollarshe rivera airport It was inaugurated by the Uruguayan president, Luis Lacalle Poewho highlighted that “there was listening, political decision and trust in the pledged word.”
The binationality of this airport “enables the air terminal facilities to be used for domestic operations of Brazilian companies whose origin and destination are the airports of that country. In addition, the flow of passenger and cargo traffic between both nations increases,” according to the official website.
The last time the Rivera airport had commercial passenger flights was in 2013. Photo: Aviacionline
The first binational airport in South America opens
The work includes the modernization and expansion of the passenger terminal and building improvements in the control tower, in addition to the installation of aeronautical communications equipment.
“Producers from the northeast today have the possibility of going to Río Grande and not traveling hundreds of kilometers to Montevideo or Nueva Palmira,” he explained. Lacalle For. And he continued: “We are managing to stand on our feet, next to the Uruguayan who needs it, without prejudice to the distance. This is real decentralization, not on paper.”
The process of binational airport began in March of this year with an investment of 13 million dollars and constitutes a “political will of our countries to continue strengthening the historical ties of friendship and cooperation,” according to the Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Bustillo.
The governor of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Eduardo Leitedescribed this project as a “symbol of progress” and detailed that flights between Rivera and Porto Alegre will have the same tax benefits as their regional flights, which means a reduction in taxes.
This is the first binational airport in South America
It should be noted that improvements were carried out in the control tower and the renewal of the aeronautical communications system, which includes an internal fiber optic network. Likewise, facilities were equipped for the National Air Police and a new fire department was built.
When the binationality of the airport was signed, in mid-August, the Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Bustillohighlighted that this fact reaffirms the commitment of both countries to work together, particularly in that border area.
The Rivera airport facilities will be used for the operation of air services equivalent to domestic operations for Brazilian companies that have their origin and destination in that country’s airports. Photo: EFE
Commercial flights at Rivera airport
The last time that the Rivera airport had commercial passenger flights was in 2013, when BQB Líneas Aéreas operated to Montevideo, Porto Alegre and Florianópolis.
Now, upon acquiring binational character, Azul Linas Aéreas announced that next year it will begin operating flights between Rivera y Porto Alegrecapital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Uruguay and Brazil inaugurated this Monday the first binational airport in America in the Uruguayan department of Rivera. Photo: Presidency
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