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Sao Goncalo Airport bid in August

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Right to the construction and 25 years of operation management of north-east Brazil’s largest airport will be decided on the 22nd August in an auction style bid. This is the first of several major new airports to be handed over to a private constructor and operator in response to a rapidly growing demand for more domestic and international flights to Brazil.

Air travel itself grew by 23% y-o-y in the past 12 months which, further supported by the enormous traffic expected with the coming FIFA World Cup and Olympics, is putting an enormous strain on airports and carriers in Brazil. Natal is one of the FiFA World Cup cities and so the Sao Goncalo do Amarante airport will be constructed and opened well in time for 2014, further driving tourism and visitors to Brazil’s most untouched region.

For further details read here.

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Natal’s new airport construction bid

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Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s president, is putting construction of the new Natal airport up for auction. The successful bid will have up to a maximum of 3 years to complete the airport (crucially in time for the World Cup 2014) and then will also have management rights for 25 years. Tender’s will be accepted by the end of June 2011 in order to ensure timely delivery of the north-east of Brazil’s largest airport which will take over from Augusto Severo, currently stretched to capacity.

Bloomberg story here.

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Natal’s new airport “Question of Honour”

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It’s now back to business in Brazil after another traditionally wild carnival season and we have exciting news about the new airport Sao Goncalo do Amarante, which President Dilma described as “a question of honour” on her recent visit here (Tribuna do Norte 10th February 2011).

The next day, the local newspaper confirmed that the tender for contract will go out in April. Furthermore, the governor of Natal, Rosalba Ciarlini, “was guaranteed that the Airport of Sao Goncalo do Amarantes is a priority for the Planalto Palace”.

Of course the World Cup is getting closer and closer and Natal needs to get to work! “FIFA confirmed Natal as one of the elected cities for the 2014 World Cup, in spite of delays in the project and the start of the works” (Tribuna do Norte 24th February 2011).

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President Lula signs decree for Natal’s new International Airport

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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a decree allowing the privatization of Rio Grande do Norte state’s Sao Gonçalo de Amarante airport. The tender is expected to be worth some 1bn Reais (US$544mn), news service Agencia Estado reported.

The first phase of construction is budgeted at around 800mn Reais and should wrap up by 2012. The airport has already received 105mn Reais in federal funding through the country’s growth acceleration plan (PAC). About 90% of earthworks, 10% of drainage and 25% of paving works have already been completed, and the federal government will invest about 155mn Reais by year-end to complete these works. However, the airport’s runways, take-off and taxiing lanes have yet to be built.

Scheduled to open in 2013, prior to Natal hosts the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Sao Gonçalo airport will be the largest airport terminal in Latin America and the 7th largest in the world, with capacity to handle 5mn passengers/year.

Business News America full article

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