The airport auction, including Congonhas, took place at 14 pm and the investment forecast is approximately R$ 7,3 billion
Congonhas Airport and also 14 other airports were taken to auction this Thursday, the 18th, during the 7th round of the airport concessions program, carried out by Anac (National Civil Aviation Agency).
The auction took place at 14 pm, on B3, and was divided into three blocks. The 15 airports, including Congonhas, together account for around 15,8% of the total passenger traffic in Brazil and will be granted to the private sector for a period of 30 years. The forecast for investments over the period is approximately R$ 7,3 billion.
The interest in the auction in the three blocks was validated by the Minister of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio, through social networks. “We continue to work without optimism or pessimism, but making things happen and guaranteeing the progress of the country's infrastructure. On the 18th of August we will be hammering out the B3, holding the auction of 15 airports, of the 3 blocks of the 7th round”, said the minister.
In addition to Congonhas airport, the airports of Campo de Marte, in São Paulo (SP), Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), among others, were also part of the auction.
According to Anac, between 2011 and 2021, the airport auction program in Brazil granted the equivalent of 75,82% of traffic in the country to the private sector. After this 7th concession round, the percentage will increase to 91,6% of passengers served at private airports.
Auction of airports was divided into three blocks
Divided into three blocks, the auction granted terminals signed in six Brazilian states. Are they: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pará, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Amapá. Below is the breakdown:
- Block SP-MS-PA-MG – Mainly located at Congonhas Airport (SP), the block also includes Campo Grande, Corumbá and Ponta Porã airports, in Mato Grosso do Sul (MS); Santarém, Marabá, Parauapebas and Altamira, in Pará (PA); Uberlândia, Uberaba and Montes Claros, in Minas Gerais (MG). The minimum initial contribution is R$740,1 million.
- General Aviation Block – It comprises the airports of Campo de Marte, in São Paulo (SP) and Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), and has a minimum initial bid established at R$ 141,4 million.
- North Block II – It comprises the airports of Belém (PA) and Macapá (AP), with a minimum initial contribution of R$ 56,9 million.
The company that acquired Congonhas airport in the auction will also be responsible for managing another 10 terminals. They are: Corumbá, Campo Grande and Ponta Porã, in Mato Grosso do Sul; Carajás, Santarém, Marabá and Altamira, in Pará, and Uberlândia, Uberaba and Montes Claros, in Minas Gerais.
The second block of airports includes terminals for small planes, such as Campo de Marte and Jacarepaguá. In the third block, two airports were offered in capitals of the North region of the country, in Belém (PA) and Macapá (AP).
Expectations with the airport auction
In June of this year, the government federal declared that he expected to reach the end of 2022 with 50 terminals auctioned for the management of the private sector. If the prediction comes true, R$ 18 billion in private investments will be contracted.
Also in the second half of the year, the Santos Dumont airport auction and the re-bidding of Galeão were scheduled to take place. However, after disagreements with the government of Rio de Janeiro, the projects were left for 2023.
The initial planning was that the bid for Santos Dumont would be made together with Congonhas airport, but it was auctioned together with Galeão airport. Thus, the winning company will manage the two assets in Rio.
