This Airport’s 45-Year Renovation Is Finally Nearing Completion
Jennifer Billock March 19, 2018
Argentina finally has a master plan for a new airport that will be cohesive and functional, and authorities expect to see passenger counts rise substantially as a result—from the current 10 million to about 17 million annually.
Finally, Argentina’s main airport, Ezeiza, may have a master plan for renovations that sticks and is actually useful. According to AirlineGeeks, the airport has been under a constant state of almost-renovation for about 45 years—but with this new plan that was released on March 12, there’s an achievable completion date and helpful enhancements proposed.
The new upgrades to the airport will cost about $750 million, but will increase passenger traffic from 10 million to about 17 million people. The amount of gates is expected to double, from 27 to 52. Luggage belts will be modernized and increased. So will the check-in areas and the parking lot.
By 2021, the expected completion date for all these upgrades, the current 27 check-in desks will increase to 128. And they’ll be reorganized, too. Right now it’s a line of desks with lines that quickly get long and fill up the space inside the airport. After the renovation, those desks will be islands, allowing redistribution of the lines to ease congestion.
More indoor and outdoor parking is expected as well, with a total of 1,700 new spaces to bring the total of available spots up to 5,260. All but 200 of the new spots will be inside. There will also be a new control tower and another runway added.
The only problem remains is one that has plagued the airport for a while: transportation. Buenos Aires is 20 miles away and there isn’t really any good, cheap option for getting to and from the airport.
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Please do your research prior to making expansive statements that are also incorrect. One can transfer between Buenos Aires and Ezeiza / EZE using the clean, modern and reliable Manuel Tienda León Shuttle busses, with baggage, for under USD $13.00 one way. That is a cheap option for a 45-60 minute ride, and one can pay with credit card, cash, etc.
Does that mean that all planes will get to go the gate when this is done? Currently all too many planes require walking down stairs and taking buses to a gate.
45 years for a bankrupt country with a bad airline, now thats quite a feat!