DALLAS – 90% of the airports in Brazil are now not state-operated. On November 30, Brazil’s airport regulator, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), concluded the switch of 15 of the nation’s airports to privately owned companies.
The concessions for the airports in query had been auctioned off in 2022, with privately owned firms profitable the bids to handle state-run airports in Brazil.
The 15 airports auctioned off final 12 months had been provided in three separate tons.
One of many tons was awarded to Spain’s airport administration agency, AENA (Aeropuertos Espanoles y Navegacion Aerea). The opposite two had been gained by Brazil’s XP Infra IV fund, an funding fund administered by XP Investimentos, and a consortium led by Brazilian agency Socicam.
Privatized Airports
Now, private-sector companies function and handle greater than 90% of the airports in Brazil. This consists of each native gamers and worldwide firms. Native privately owned companies embody CCR, Socicam, Invepar, and XP, whereas the worldwide operators are Aena, Vinci Airports, which operates 70+ airports in 13 international locations, Inframérica, Fraport, which operates Frankfurt Airport (FRA) and holds pursuits within the operation of a number of different airports all over the world, and Flughafen Zürich.
Aena gained the public sale for the block that included Altamira Airport (ATM) in Pará State and Brazil’s second busiest airport, Congonhas, in São Paulo State. This successfully locations the vast majority of the nation’s passenger site visitors and cargo volumes underneath personal administration.
“The Spanish concessionaire Aena started, within the early hours of at this time [Nov. 30], working Altamira Airport in Pará state, which was managed by Infraero. With the completion of this stage, airports managed by the personal sector will account for 93% of Brazil’s passenger site visitors and 99% of cargo,” Anac mentioned in an announcement.
Airports to Profit from Investments
Brazilian airports which have been transitioned to non-public sector contracts are poised to obtain important investments. The totally different personal operators will handle the airports for a length of as much as 30 years.
Moreover, collectively, the personal companies working Brazil’s airports are set to speculate round 7.3 billion reals (US$1.5 billion) over the 30-year contracts. This may result in the enlargement and enchancment of infrastructure at these airports, based on the Brazilian airport regulator.
As of June 4, 2023, the Nationwide Civil Aviation Company of Brazil listed 494 public and a couple of,890 personal licensed aerodromes, and 177 helidecks that had been open to the general public in the South American nation. 494 is roughly 17.09% of two,890.
Featured picture: Aeroporto Internacional de Cumbica, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil. Photograph: Portal da Copa – Portal da Copa, CC BY 3.0 br
