19-1108: [REDACTED] Look up Cabral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cabral may refer to: Places [ edit ] Amílcar Cabral International Airport , international airport of Cape Verde Cabral, Dominican Republic , a town in the Dominican Republic Cabrales , municipality in Spain Fundação Dom Cabral , Brazilian business school Robert J. Cabral Station , United States train station Sargento Cabral Department , in Chaco Province in Argentina Vila Olímpica Elzir Cabral , multi-use stadium in Brazil People [ edit ] Cabral (surname) Cabral (footballer) (born 1988), Cape Verdean footballer Amílcar Cabral ,
38-603: A Marxist revolutionary Pedro Álvares Cabral , Portuguese explorer, the European discoverer of Brazil Cabral Ibacka , Romanian-Congolese TV personality Other [ edit ] African Youth Amílcar Cabral , youth wing of PAIGC political party in Guinea-Bissau Amílcar Cabral Cup , football tournament for Western African nations Cabral (horse) , a Paralympics dressage horse Cabrales cheese , Spanish cheese Fenyramidol , trade name Cabral ,
57-477: A Marxist revolutionary Pedro Álvares Cabral , Portuguese explorer, the European discoverer of Brazil Cabral Ibacka , Romanian-Congolese TV personality Other [ edit ] African Youth Amílcar Cabral , youth wing of PAIGC political party in Guinea-Bissau Amílcar Cabral Cup , football tournament for Western African nations Cabral (horse) , a Paralympics dressage horse Cabrales cheese , Spanish cheese Fenyramidol , trade name Cabral ,
76-756: A Rome — Sal — Buenos Aires — Caracas route. In 1961 jet service (a DC-8 ) on the route rendered the stop at Sal unnecessary, and international service was suspended. Between 1960 and 1967 Sal was a stop of the Voo da amizade ( Friendship Flight ), a dedicated service between Brazil and Portugal . It was operated from 1960 to 1965 by Panair do Brasil and from 1965 to 1967 by TAP-Transportes Aéreos Portugueses and Varig . Only Brazilian and Portuguese citizens or foreigners with permanent residence in Brazil or Portugal could purchase tickets for those flights, which were extremely popular due to their low fares. At this time, Cape Verde
95-447: A muscle relaxant See also [ edit ] Cabreira , a comarca (shire) in the province of León, Spain Cabrera (disambiguation) Cabrero (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cabral . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
114-401: A muscle relaxant See also [ edit ] Cabreira , a comarca (shire) in the province of León, Spain Cabrera (disambiguation) Cabrero (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cabral . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
133-465: Is expected to be in 2020. In July 2023 Vinci Airports finalized a financial arrangement to take over seven airports in Cape Verde under a concession agreement signed with the island country's government. The company will be responsible for the funding, operation, maintenance, extension and modernization of the airports for 40 years, alongside its subsidiary ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal, which holds 30% of
152-524: Is the main international airport of Cape Verde . The airport is named after the revolutionary leader Amílcar Cabral . It is located two km west-southwest from Espargos on Sal Island . Sal is the main hub for the national airline, Cabo Verde Airlines ; and serves as a base for carrier Cabo Verde Express . This airport was also one of NASA's locations for a facility to handle the Space Shuttle after reentering from orbit. The first airport on Sal Island
171-470: The Concourse Hall. The two duty-free shops along with refreshment facilities, retail kiosks and outdoor smoking areas are located after security scanning and passport control, adjacent to the six departure gates. The airport's main runway is 3,272 m (10,734 ft) long and is the longest in Cape Verde. It is used for long-haul flights. It was also one of the designated emergency landing strips for
190-424: The concession company Cabo Verde Airports. Amílcar Cabral has one terminal. It is a two-story building containing check-in, waiting, and arrival areas, as well as shopping, banking, and passenger services. The second floor houses airport operations and airline offices. There are four gates, and buses ( Cobus 3000s) are used to transport passengers to the aircraft stands. Cabo Verde Express has its head office in
209-633: The free dictionary. Cabral may refer to: Places [ edit ] Amílcar Cabral International Airport , international airport of Cape Verde Cabral, Dominican Republic , a town in the Dominican Republic Cabrales , municipality in Spain Fundação Dom Cabral , Brazilian business school Robert J. Cabral Station , United States train station Sargento Cabral Department , in Chaco Province in Argentina Vila Olímpica Elzir Cabral , multi-use stadium in Brazil People [ edit ] Cabral (surname) Cabral (footballer) (born 1988), Cape Verdean footballer Amílcar Cabral ,
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247-511: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cabral&oldid=1241432607 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Am%C3%ADlcar Cabral International Airport Amílcar Cabral International Airport ( IATA : SID , ICAO : GVAC ), also known as Sal International Airport ,
266-823: The late 1970s. Cubana also operated Il-62s on the Havana -Sal- Luanda - Maputo route in the early 1980s, and the Havana-Sal- Bissau -Luanda route in the late 1980s. In 1985, TACV began service to Boston, Massachusetts using a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 provided by LAM Mozambique Airlines . Boston hosts the largest Cape Verdean community in the United States. TACV flights to Boston have since been shifted to Praia International Airport . Other international destinations include inter alia Amsterdam , Lisbon, Luxembourg , Madrid, Paris, and Porto . Domestic destinations include Santiago and São Vicente . Until September 2005, it
285-442: The mid-1980s, but this number was cut dramatically following the imposition of US sanctions in 1987. By 1996 only one weekly SAA flight stopped at Sal (service between Johannesburg and New York). Sal was later used as a fuel stop on SAA's Atlanta service starting in 2003. SAA's final flight to Atlanta was on 1 July 2006. Aeroflot used Sal as a stop on its Il-62 services from Moscow and Budapest to Dakar and Conakry in
304-645: Was a Portuguese Overseas Province and therefore part of the territory of Portugal. From 1963 to 1975, the Portuguese Air Force 's No 1 Transit Airfield (AT1, Aeródromo de Trânsito n.º 1 ) was installed at the Sal airport. The AT1 supported the military air connections between European Portugal and the Portuguese African provinces, as well as serving as the operational base for the maritime patrol aircraft occasionally deployed in Cape Verde. Beginning in 1967, Sal
323-569: Was built in 1939 by Italy , as a fuel and provisions stopping-point on routes from Europe to South America . The first flight, an arrival from Rome and Seville , was on 15 December 1939. As a consequence of World War II, the Italian involvement in the airport project ceased. After World War II, the Portuguese colonial government purchased the airport from Italy and by 1949 the airport was fully operational. In 1950, DC-4 service on Alitalia began on
342-515: Was the only airport in Cape Verde to serve international flights. There is now also international service to Nelson Mandela International Airport on Praia. Since 2017 Sal has been a refuelling stop for the twice-weekly South Atlantic Air Bridge service operated by Air Tanker between the UK and the Falkland Islands. This is a temporary arrangement until the runway at Ascension Island is repaired which
361-451: Was used as a refueling stop by South African Airways , for flights to and from Europe, since SAA was denied landing rights by most African countries due to the international boycott of apartheid . By 1983, SAA operated 13 round trips per week between Sal and Johannesburg, using the island as a stop for its Boeing 747 services to New York , Houston , London , Brussels and Amsterdam . The island saw as many as 36 SAA flights per week in
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