São Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) quietly returned to two-runway operations this morning, 3 May, after finishing a resurfacing project that began on 29 March. The month-long works had slashed hourly movements from 60 to about 40, forcing LATAM, Gol and foreign carriers to retime or divert flights and straining connection windows for international itineraries. The airport’s news portal confirmed that the strip was certified and handed back to operations late on 30 April, with full scheduling reinstated this weekend. For mobility managers, the reopening ends a period of chronic delays that rippled across Brazil’s domestic network and onto long-haul legs to North America and Europe. Airlines have already reloaded suppressed frequencies in most global distribution systems; passengers travelling this week should see markedly fewer schedule changes and shorter taxi queues.
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Airport operator GRU Airport says the project delivered a thicker asphalt layer, upgraded lighting and new high-speed exit-ways designed to boost peak capacity to 90 movements per hour by year-end. The work forms part of a R$1.2 billion capital programme that also adds four more remote stands and doubles e-gate capacity at immigration—a boon for the 15 million international passengers that use GRU annually. Corporate travel buyers should revisit template itineraries that temporarily routed executives through Rio Galeão or Campinas Viracopos, as fares via Guarulhos are falling back to pre-works levels. Freight forwarders can likewise expect quicker turn-times for belly-hold cargo, easing supply-chain pressure on just-in-time imports.
If those revived itineraries put Brazil back on your calendar, VisaHQ can streamline the paperwork. Their portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) lets individual travellers and corporate travel teams check entry rules, secure visas online and track applications in real time—saving precious hours that would otherwise be spent navigating consulate queues.
Airport operator GRU Airport says the project delivered a thicker asphalt layer, upgraded lighting and new high-speed exit-ways designed to boost peak capacity to 90 movements per hour by year-end. The work forms part of a R$1.2 billion capital programme that also adds four more remote stands and doubles e-gate capacity at immigration—a boon for the 15 million international passengers that use GRU annually. Corporate travel buyers should revisit template itineraries that temporarily routed executives through Rio Galeão or Campinas Viracopos, as fares via Guarulhos are falling back to pre-works levels. Freight forwarders can likewise expect quicker turn-times for belly-hold cargo, easing supply-chain pressure on just-in-time imports.
