Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport

Introduction

São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) is the busiest airport in Brazil and located about 25 kilometres from the city centre. This airport is a major hub for South America making it possible to fly almost from any major city in South America and Brazil to and from here. The passenger traffic is split between two terminals and has over 260 check-in counters. Around 40 airlines from this airport serve dozens of cities in Brazil, and countries in South America and beyond.

For more information about other airports throughout the world, also see the list of airports.

Getting there and away

• Bus: There is a public bus that runs every 30 minutes and travels to the city center of Sao Paulo. Counters at the airport for this bus service can be found at the Arrivals area of both Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. From the airport, there is also a shuttle bus that stops at many places as well as the main beaches in the area.
• Car: Taxis are available at both terminals and you can rent cars as well. By car take either the Ayrton Senna highway or Presidente Dutra highway to the airport.

Airlines, Destinations and Terminals

The passenger traffic is split between two terminals and has over 260 check-in counters. For more information about the airlines also see the list of airlines and the details about travelling by budget airlines.

Terminal 1

• Aerolíneas Argentinas - Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza
• Aeroméxico - Mexico City
• Air China - Beijing-Capital, Madrid
• Air France - Paris-Charles de Gaulle
• Alitalia - Rome-Fiumicino
• Avianca - Bogotá
• Avianca Brazil - Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Passo Fundo, Petrolina, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia
• British Airways - Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, London-Heathrow
• Delta Air Lines - Atlanta, Detroit, New York-JFK
• El Al - Tel Aviv
• Iberia - Madrid
• Japan Airlines - New York-JFK, Tokyo-Narita
• KLM - Amsterdam
• Mexicana - Mexico City
• Passaredo - Bauru, Cuiabá, Marília, Goiânia, Palmas, Presidente Prudente, Ribeirão Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Uberlândia
• Puma Air - Belém-Val de Cães, Macapá
• TAM Airlines - Aracaju, Belém-Val de Cães, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campo Grande, Caracas, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz de Iguaçu, Frankfurt, Goiânia, João Pessoa, Lima, London-Heathrow, Maceió, Madrid, Manaus, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Montevideo, Natal, New York-JFK, Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, Santiago de Chile, Vitória
• TAM Airlines Paraguay Asunción, Ciudad del Este
• TRIP - Cascavel, Criciúma, Cuiabá, Governador Valadares, Ipatinga, Joinville, Juiz de Fora, Maringá, Navegantes, São José do Rio Preto
• United Airlines - Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles
• WebJet Linhas Aéreas - Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasilia, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Salvador da Bahia

Terminal 2

• Aerosur - Santa Cruz de la Sierra-Viru Viru
• Air Canada - Toronto-Pearson
• American Airlines - Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK
• Continental Airlines - Houston-Intercontinental, Newark
• Copa Airlines - Panama City
• Emirates - Dubai
• Gol Airlines - Asunción, Belém-Val de Cães, Belo Horizonte-Confins, Brasília, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz de Iguaçu, Goiânia, João Pessoa, Maceió, Manaus, Montevideo, Natal, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Salvador da Bahia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra-Viru Viru, Vitória
• Gol Airlines operated by Varig - Aruba, Barbados, Bogotá, Caracas, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão
• Korean Air - Los Angeles, Seoul-Incheon
• LAN Argentina - Buenos Aires-Aeroparque
• LAN Airlines - Santiago de Chile
• LAN Perú - Lima
• Lufthansa - Frankfurt, Munich
• PLUNA - Montevideo
• Qatar Airways - Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Doha
• South African Airways - Johannesburg
• Swiss International Air Lines - Zürich
• TAAG Angola Airlines - Luanda
• TACA Perú - Lima
• TAP Portugal - Lisbon, Porto
• Turkish Airlines - Istanbul-Atatürk

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