Rio de Janeiro has two major airports:
The international airport Galeão (GIG) is located
25 km from Copacabana where RIO 6 is located. This airport
has two terminals and is served by major airlines, most of
them with daily services: Aerolinas Argentinas, American
Airlines, Air France, Alitalia, British Airways, Continental,
LAN Chile, Lufthansa, Iberia, TAM, TAP, Varig. A taxi ride
with a common (yellow) taxi will cost you about 37 R$, with
an executive taxi (blue, white or red) 45-50 R$, by executive
bus (every 30 minutes) 3.50 R$. Travel time is about 35 minutes.
New: Free shuttle service every 2 hours
from the airports to
Hotel Rio Othon
The national airport Santos Dumont (SDU) is mainly occupied
with flights from and to São Paulo (every 15-20 minutes),
and is located 8 km from the conference location (bus 3 R$,
taxi 16 R$, 8 minutes).
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