Aristides Pereira International Airport

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Aristides Pereira International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira
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IATA: BVCICAO: GVBA
Summary
Airport type Civil
Operator Empresa nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea (ASA)
Serves Sal Rei
Location Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Elevation AMSL 69 ft / 21 m
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Website www.asa.cv
Map
BVC is located in Cape Verde
BVC
BVC
Location in Cape Verde
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 6,890 2,100 Asphalt

Aristides Pereira International Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira) (IATA: BVCICAO: GVBA) is an airport in Cape Verde located on the island of Boa Vista, about 5 km southeast of the island capital Sal Rei.

History

The airport started operating in the late-20th century and was paved only in 2007. Aristides Pereira Airport has started international operations in July 2007, with a new runway (2,100m), making it the newest international airport on the Cape Verde Islands.[1]

On 13 October 2007, TACV made a test flight from Amílcar Cabral International Airport to Rabil Airport to conclude the operational certification of the new airport. On 31 October 2007, TACV officially became the first airline to operate a jet aircraft (Boeing 757-200 [D4-CBG]) to Rabil Airport, an inaugural flight from Praia Airport.[2] On 19 December 2007 a Livingston Airlines Airbus A321-200 (EI-LVA) made the first international arrival to Rabil from Verona, Italy. The passengers were greeted with "morabeza" by Cape Verdeans.

The airport was originally named Rabil Airport, but on 19 November 2011 it was renamed as a tribute to the first president of Cape Verde, Aristides Pereira.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Cabo Verde Express Sal
Jetairfly Brussels
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, Verona
TACV Praia, Sal
TAP Portugal Lisbon[4]
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
Thomson Airways Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester
Travel Service Airlines Charter: Prague
Travel Service Slovakia Charter: Bratislava
Transavia France Seasonal: Paris-Orly
TUI Airlines Netherlands Amsterdam
TUIfly Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart
TUIfly Nordic Charter: Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Gran Canaria, Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda, Oslo-Gardermoen
XL Airways France Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle

See also

References

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Sources

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