Greater Natal International Airport
| São Gonçalo do Amarante – Natal International Airport Aeroporto Internacional de São Gonçalo do Amarante – Natal |
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Infraero, Inframérica | ||
| Serves | Natal | ||
| Location | São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil | ||
| Coordinates | 05°46′05″S 035°22′34″W / 5.76806°S 35.37611°WCoordinates: 05°46′05″S 035°22′34″W / 5.76806°S 35.37611°W | ||
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| Statistics: Infraero [1] Sources: Airport Website[2] |
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Greater Natal International Airport or São Gonçalo do Amarante – Natal International Airport is a new airport presently under construction in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil. It will serve Natal and its metropolitan area.
The construction of the facility is administrated by Infraero and Consortium Inframérica.
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[edit] History
Greater Natal International Airport or São Gonçalo do Amarante – Natal International Airport, is a new airport complex presently under construction in São Gonçalo do Amarante near Natal, Brazil. When fully completed, it is planned to be the largest airport complex in Latin America.[3] Operations are expected to start in April 2014.[4]
Planning for the airport started in 2007 envisioning concepts of an intermodal airport, focusing both on passenger and cargo transportation.[5] The complex is expected to have the highest aircraft traffic in the Northeast.[6]
On May 12, 2011, the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) released a document opening the concession of the airport to private entrepreneurs.[7] The auction to choose the winner took place on August 22, 2011.[8] The winner was a Inframérica Consortium, formed by the Brazilian Engineering Group Engevix and the Argentinean Group Corporación América, which already operates airports in Argentina (35), Armenia (1), Ecuador (2), Italy (1), Peru (5), and Uruguay (2).[9][10]
After the signature of the contract of concession, works of the passenger and cargo terminals will start. Inframérica Consortium has 3 years to build the terminals and will be authorized to commercially explore the facility for 25 years (with one possible 5-year extension). Differently from other Infraero airports in process of privatization, in which Infraero will retain 49% of the shares, in the case of Natal Consórcio Inframérica got 100% of the shares.
The Brazilian Government via Infraero, as per agreement prior to the auction, will be responsible to complete the works of runway, taxiways, apron and control tower.
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The airport is located 25 km (16 mi) from downtown Natal.
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- ^ Infraero Statistics for the Airport
- ^ Airport Official Website
- ^ Vládia, Elaine; Santiago, Octávio (25 September 2007). "Aeroporto de São Gonçalo: pistas estão garantidas mas terminal ainda não" (in Portuguese). Correio da Tarde. http://www.correiodatarde.com.br/editorias/correio_politico-22092. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "Nelson Tavares diz que aeroporto de São Gonçalo fica pronto até 2014" (in Portuguese). http://www.nominuto.com/noticias/politica/nelson-tavares-diz-que-aeroporto-de-sao-goncalo-fica-pronto-ate-2014/49837/. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ Larissa, Karla (15 July 2007). "ZPE: desenvolvimento econômico do agronegócio a alta tecnologia" (in Portuguese). Nominuto.com. http://www.nominuto.com/noticias/economia/zpe-desenvolvimento-economico-do-agronegocio-a-alta-tecnologia/1431/. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "Estudo de viablidade do aeroporto será concluído em 6 meses" (in Portuguese). Nominuto.com. 12 January 2010. http://www.nominuto.com/noticias/economia/estudo-de-viabilidade-do-aeroporto-sera-concluido-em-6-meses/26237/. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "Regulatory Model: Concession of São Gonçalo do Amarante International Airport". ANAC. June 7, 2011. http://www2.anac.gov.br/asga/ASGA%20Overview%20-%20110608%2001.pdf. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ "Comissão de licitação: Comunicado n. 20/2011" (in Portuguese). ANAC. July 7, 2011. http://www2.anac.gov.br/asga/Comunicado%2020-2011.pdf. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ Guimarães, Ligia (22 August 2011). "Consórcio Inframérica vence leilão de aeroporto São Gonçalo do Amarante" (in Portuguese). G1. http://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2011/08/consorcio-inframerica-vence-leilao-de-aeroporto-sao-goncalo-do-amarante.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Pupo, Fábio (23 August 2011). "Engevix leva aeroporto e já olha novos terminais" (in Portuguese). ValorOnline. http://www.valor.com.br/empresas/983762/engevix-leva-aeroporto-e-ja-olha-novos-terminais. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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