<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Salvador Bahia International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport, originally called Santo Amaro do Ipitanga Airport, was established in 1925. In 1941 Panair do Brasil participating in the World War II efforts with the support of the American and Brazilian governments completely rebuilt the facility. On 20 December 1955, the airport had its name changed for the first time: it became known as Dois de Julho International Airport, celebrating Bahia Independence Day. This is still the name by which the population of Salvador da Bahia call the facility. On 16 June 1998 the airport name was again changed to honor Luis Eduardo Maron Magallanes (1955&ndash;1998) an influential politician of the state of Bahia.This second change remains however controversial and there have been attempts to revert it. Since 2017 the concessionary has been using the Trade name Salvador Bahia Airport. The airport is located in an area of more than 6 million square meters between sand dunes and native vegetation. The lush, bamboo-covered road to the airport has become one of the scenic attractions of Salvador da Bahia.</p>
<p class="blog-para">A brand new passenger terminal was opened in 1998, replacing an original outdated terminal. This new terminal continued to be upgraded and was completed by the end of year 2000. The main terminal, which includes a shopping mall has 69,400 m2, 11 jet ways and a capacity to handle 6,000,000 passengers/year. Traffic has been growing at an average of 14% per year.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Previously operated by Infraero, on 16 March 2017, the concession of the facility was won by Vinci SA, for which it paid R$ 2, 35 billion (&euro; 640 millions). The concession is for a period of 30 years. The new concessionary then planned to duplicate the passenger terminal.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Transportation of Salvador Bahia International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Salvador da Bahia Airport counts with the following means of transport</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> Frequent buses are at your disposal at Salvador da Bahia Airport ready to take you to the city centre.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Get to downtown Salvador da Bahia within 45 minutes by taxi.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car rental:</strong> You can rent a car at Salvador da Bahia Airport. Remember you can rent a car through our search engine!</li>
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