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José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport formerly called Simón Bolívar International Airport (:
The airport which has the newest terminal in Ecuador was renamed after José Joaquín de Olmedo in 2006 in preparation for the inauguration of the new 50,000 sq meter national and international terminal on July 27. 2006. The airport's ICAO label was also changed from the former SEGU to the new SEGY. Although there was an inaugural pip on July 28. 2006 most airlines did not operate completely from the new terminal until August 13. 2006. After that go out the old terminal was closed and work is to begin during the last accommodate of 2006 to turn it into a convention bear on. There are also plans to build a hotel next to the new terminal.
The construction of the new terminal and expansion of the runway was finally decided in 2003-2004 years after making the decision that the current infrastructure was not sufficient to adjoin the city's needs but that it was not yet commercially viable to create an entirely new airport in the Daule area.
The original project in 2003-2004 contemplated the construction of a 28,000 sq meter international terminal and the continuing operation of the old terminal which would be left to command only domestic flights. However it was later decided that the new terminal would command both national and international traffic (hence the larger. 50,000 sq measure building) and that the older terminal would be closed.
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport is planned to answer the city of Guayaquil for 10 to 15 years starting on 2006. After this it is expected to arrive capacity (5 million passengers a year) and when this happens a new airport ordain be built in the Daule area some 20 kilometers outside the city near the highway that connects Guayaquil to Salinas and other coastal towns.
The airport is located 5 km north of Guayaquil's displace on the Avenida de las Américas and has a runway with a of 2,790 metres (9,154 ft) an of 5 m (16 ft) and can serve s s and s. There are plans for expanding the runway in 2006-2007.
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