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Augusto Cesar Sandino International (MGA)
Augusto Cesar Sandino International is the main airport in Managua, Nicaragua. Today, a number of major international airlines serve the airport, including American Airlines, Copa Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Air Transat, Aeromexico, Spirit Airlines, Aero Caribbean and TACA.
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Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL)
Berlin’s main international airport, Berlin-Tegel has the most scheduled flights of Berlin’s two airports (in 2007, it served over 13,350,000 passengers). Located in the northern borough of Reinickendorf, it is notable for its hexagonal terminal building around an open square, which makes for walking distances as short as 30 meters from the aircraft to the terminal exit.
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Birmingham International Airport (BHX)
The UK’s sixth largest airport, Birmingham International is second only to London Heathrow in its proportion of business traffic. In 2006, it handled over nine million passengers and continues to act as the Midlands’ number one gateway to Europe, Scandinavia, North America, the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.
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Brussels Airport (BRU)
Awarded Best Airport in Europe by ACI/IATA in 2005, Brussels Airport is an international airport located near Brussels, Belgium, which serves as a hub for Brussels Airlines, European Air Transport, Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines Cargo, Eva Air Cargo and Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo and a private company called Abelag Aviation.
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Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (BUD)
The largest of Hungary’s five international airports and the second largest airport of the new European Union states, Budapest Ferihegy International Airport serves Budapest and offers international flights within Europe, to Asia, the Middle East and North America.
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Cancún International (CUN)
Cancun Airport International (CUN) is one of the busiest airports in the Caribbean and the point of entry to the "Mundo Maya". Now more than ever Cancun Airport International can be easily accessed from almost every major city in the world. With first class shops, restaurants and services, Cancun Airport is one of the easiest most convenient airports to fly to/from in Mexico.
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Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Named after founder of the French Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle Airport is France’s main international airport and one of the world’s main aviation centres. It is situated in the Paris area, across several communes (including Roissy), 25 km north-east of Paris.
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Copenhagen Airport (CPH)
The major airport serving Copenhagen and other cities within the Oresund Region, Copenhagen Airport serves nearly 60,000 passengers per day (21.4 million passed through the facility in 2007) – a figure which makes it the busiest airport in the Nordic countries and number 17 in Europe.
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Dublin Airport (DUB)
Serving an average of 60,000 passengers a day, Dublin Airport is not only Ireland’s busiest airport but also ranks among the busiest airports in the world.
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Gatwick International (LGW)
Gatwick International Airport is London's second airport and the second busiest airport in the UK after Heathrow in terms of passengers per year.
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Glasgow International Airport (GLA)
Glasgow International Airport is Scotland´s second and the United Kingdom’s eighth busiest airport. The first airport in Scotland to handle over a million passengers in one month (in July 2004), it handled 8,795,727 passengers in 2007.
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Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL)
Located 5 kilometers from Vantaa and 15 kilometers from the Helsinki city centre, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is Finland’s main airport. In 2007, it served 13,090,744 passengers and it is currently the fourth largest airport in the Nordic countries.
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Juan Santamaria International (SJO)
Costa Rica’s first and oldest airport, Juan Santamaria International is named after a drummer boy who perished in defense of his country during the Battle of Rivas in 1856. Located near downtown San Jose (about 20 minutes from the city’s major hotels), it is Costa Rica’s main airport.
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Las Americas International (SDQ)
The Las Américas International Airport is an international airport located in Punta Caucedo, near Santo Domingo and Boca Chica. The airport is the largest in the Dominican Republic and one of the largest in the Caribbean.
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Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO)
Commonly known as Fiumicino Airport, Leonardo da Vinci is Italy’s largest airport and the world’s second largest air gateway. In 2008, it served 35,226,351 passengers.
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Madrid Barajas International (MAD)
Located northeast of Madrid's city center, is the most important international and domestic gateway in Spain, the Iberian Peninsula and southern Europe. Opened in 1928, the airport has grown to be one of the most important aviation centers of Europe. Barajas serves as the gateway to the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe and the world, particularly Latin America
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Malpensa Airport (MXP)
As of early 2008, Malpensa Airport remained the top Italian airport in terms of international traffic. In 2007, it handled over 23.8 million passengers and, in terms of hub transit passengers and freight transportation, it is second and leading airport in the country, respectively.
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Manchester Airport (MAN)
The largest airport in the United Kingdom outside the London region, Manchester Airport offers non-stop scheduled flights to numerous destinations across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Middle East and Far East.
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Melbourne Airport (MEL)
The primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, Melbourne Airport is Australia’s second busiest airgate. It opened in 1970 to replace Eassedon Airport and remains the sole international airport of the four which serve Melbourne.
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Mexico City International (MEX)
Mexico’s and Latin America’s largest, busiest and most important airport, Mexico City International Airport (also known as Benito Juárez International Airport) offers direct flights to over 100 destinations around the globe.
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Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)
Formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport is an international airport which serves the Greater Montreal area as well as northern Vermont and New York. Located in the city of Dorval, 20 kilometers from downtown Montreal, it is the busiest airport in the province of Quebec.
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Narita International Airport (NRT)
Located in the eastern part of the Greater Tokyo Area (60 kilometers from downtown Tokyo), Narita International Airport handles most international passenger traffic to and from Japan and serves as a major bridge between Asia and the Americas.
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Nassau International (NAS)
Nassau airport, located just 10 miles from the capital city, receives the bulk of North American traffic from major carriers, including daily flights originating in Florida and flights coming in from New York and Philadelphia several times weekly.
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Oslo Airport (OSL)
Originally constructed as a military airfield, Gardermoen Airport was expanded and reoponed in 1998 as a commercial airport and is today the largest serving the Norwegian capital of Osla and Norway’s main international airport.
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Prat de Llobregat Airport (BCN)
Prat de Llobregat airport (also known as Barcelona Airport) is Barcelona’s main airport. Located 10 kilometers from Barcelona city centre, it is the largest in Catalonia and the second largest in Spain, behind Madrid’s Barajas Airport.
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Sangster International (MBJ)
Sangster International Airport is the leading tourism gateway to the island of Jamaica – one of the world’s most beautiful and desired destinations.
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Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam (AMS)
In 2007 this airport ranked fifth in handling passengers in Europe behind London, Paris, Frankfurt and Madrid. There are 188 loading slots in the whole airport and five main runways.
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Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)
Sheremetyevo International Airport is one of three major airports serving Moscow. Located north of the Russian capital, it is the hub for Aeroflot and the second largest airport in Russia.
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Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN)
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is Sweden’s largest airport and the third largest airport in the Nordic countries. One of the three major hubs for Scandinavian Airlines System, it served 18.1 million passengers in 2008.
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Sydney Airport (SYD)
Known also as Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney Airport is located in the suburb of Mascot and is Sydney’s major airport, as well as a major hub for Qantas. In addition to being the oldes continually operated airport in the world, it is Austrialia’s busiest airport (in 2007, it served 31.9 million passengers and handled 290,346 aircraft movements).
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Tocumen International Airport (PTY)
Located 24 kilometers from Panama City, Tocumen International Airport is Panama’s largest airport. Equipped with two runways, it is the busiest airport in the contigious Central American region.
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Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
Located 12 kilometers from downtown Vancouver (in Richmond, British Colombia), Vancouver International Airport was Canada’s second busiest airport in 2008, handling 337,795 aircraft movements and 17.8 million passengers.
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Vienna International Airport (VIE)
Austria’s busiest and largest airport, Vienna International Airport (often reffered to Schwechat Airport) is the hub of Austrian Airlines as well as Niki and Sky Europe. In 2007, it served 18.9 million passengers.
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Zürich Airport (ZRH)
Located in Kloten, canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Airport is Swizerland’s largest airport and a hub to Swiss International Air Lines.
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