Brazil's joint airport concession closer to reality

Brazil's plan to tender a joint airport concession proposed by Rio Grande do Sul state involving the Salgado Filho airport in Porto Alegre and a new airport in Portão-Nova Santa Rita is one step closer to reality. Civil aviation department SAC has delivered a document to newly sworn-in governor José Ivo Sartori, which included an evaluation by the country's air space control department Decea; according to SAC head Eliseu Padilha, going through with the concession is the best option. The final decision li
January 15, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Brazil's plan to tender a joint airport concession proposed by Rio Grande do Sul state involving the Salgado Filho airport in Porto Alegre and a new airport in Portão-Nova Santa Rita is one step closer to reality.

Civil aviation department SAC has delivered a document to newly sworn-in governor José Ivo Sartori, which included an evaluation by the country's air space control department Decea; according to SAC head Eliseu Padilha, going through with the concession is the best option. The final decision lies with President Dilma Rousseff.

While a budget to improve Salgado Filho airport has not yet been determined, the new airport for Portão-Nova Santa Rita is budgeted at around US$455 million.

Brazil is expected to see the most growth in airport traffic in the region over the next 20 years, second only to Colombia.

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