Aerolíneas Argentinas and LAN Argentina offer connections between Buenos Aires' international airport Ezeiza and many cities throughout South America, as well as North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Qantas now offers direct flights from Sydney to Buenos Aires.
There are international flights to other airports, such as to Mendoza with LAN from Santiago Chile and TACA from Lima Peru. If you fly into Argentina to an Argentine airport other than the two in Buenos Aires, you avoid paying the Reciprocity Fee (see above) payable by passport holders of the USA, Canada and Australia (and if you book your bags through Santiago to Mendoza you also avoid the similiarly hefty Chilean reciprocity fee as well).
If you plan on visiting Buenos Aires you will fly into Ministro Pistarini International Airport (IATA: EZEICAO: SAEZ); if you're traveling to another location in Argentina you may have to travel from Ezeiza to the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (IATA: AEPICAO: SABE), the domestic airport in Buenos Aires. One problem is that the airports are located on opposite sides of the city, so some time has to be factored when travelling from one airport to the other. There are cheap shuttle buses which take you there in about an hour, but travel time varies greatly depending on traffic.
There are few flights (mostly to Río Gallegos and Ushuaia), which leave early in the morning from Ezeiza International Airport. All the other domestic flights (and also to Uruguay and Paraguay) leaves from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. Be sure you are in the right airport!
You should be able to ride a motorcoach or hire a service taxi from one of the booths after you clear customs. The fixed rate for a taxi from Ezeiza international airport to Buenos Aires is 74 pesos, the rate from the Jorge Newbery domestic airport to town is 23 pesos. (prices 04/05/07)
Ezeiza International Airport (EZE): (011) 5480-6111
If visiting another city there are a number of airports located throughout the country. Many find it far easier to travel to a neighboring country and then take a short distance hop to the smaller airport. All major cities in Argentina and major tourist destinations like Mendoza, Perito Moreno and Iguazu Falls have airports nearby. There are several national airlines, with different levels of service. In general flying gets you everywhere quickly and cheaply (relatively). Although the buses in Argentina are amongst the most comfortable in the world and are reasonably priced, travelling takes a lot of time because of the dstances and slow road travel involved.
Passengers leaving Ezeiza Airport NO LONGER have to pay the "departure tax" of US$29 (US$ 8 to Uruguay and domestic flights) after check-in , as they are now included in the prices of the tickets.
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