Praia International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Praia International Airport
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IATA = RAI
ICAO = GVNP
type = Public
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operator = Aeroportos Segurança Aérea (ASA)
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location = Praia, Cape Verde
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elevation-m = 70
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Praia International Airport Airport codes|RAI|GVNP is an airport located on Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in late 2005, replacing the old Francisco Mendes International Airport. It is located about 3 km northeast of central Praia in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago.

The first flight to the new airport was on October 23, 2005. Cape Verde’s main international airport will remain Amílcar Cabral International Airport on the island of Sal.

Airlines and destinations

*Air Senegal International (Dakar)
*Cabo Verde Express (Sal)
*HalcyonAir/Cabo Verde Airways (Sal, Sao Vicente)
*TACV (Banjul [Code-share with GIA] , Boa Vista, Boston, Bissau, Dakar, Fortaleza, Lisbon, London-Stansted [cite news
url=http://www.asemana.cv/article.php3?id_article=27317
title=TACV carries out first London-Praia flight
publisher=A Semana online
date=2007-10-29
accessdate=2007-10-30] , Maio, Manchester [summer 2008] , Sal, Fogo, São Nicolau, São Vicente), Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)
*TAP Portugal (Lisbon) [cite news
url=http://www.liberal-caboverde.com/noticia.asp?idEdicao=64&id=16278&idSeccao=520&Action=noticia
title=TAP PASSA A VOAR DIRECTAMENTE PARA A CIDADE DA PRAIA
language=Portuguese
publisher=O Liberal Online
date=2007-10-29
accessdate=2007-10-30]

Charter Airlines

*TUIfly Nordic (Stockholm-Arlanda, Gothenburg)

References

External links

* [http://www.caboverde.com/pages/615813.htm TACV Timetable for Praia]
* [http://news.visaonews.com/templates/readnews.aspx?articleid=371&zoneid=1 New Cape Verde Airport to Open Soon]