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Renderings of the new terminal in Asuncion
New terminal tender at Asuncion expected shortly

DINAC, the Paraguayan Civil aviation Ponce de Leon, won the tender to design terminal will be designed to handle four
authority, is expected to announce details the Asuncion terminal. BMA designed the million travelers.
of a tender to build, construct and operate a new passenger terminal at Buenos Aires According to DINAC President
new terminal for Asuncion’s International Ezeiza which was inaugurated in April Nelson Mendoza, companies from
Airport before the end of September. 2023. Argentina, Peru, Brazil, United Arab
The government agency is expected An investment of close to US$250 Emirates, Italy and France have all
to give full details of the tender and the million will be needed for the project, expressed interest to the Paraguayan
legal framework to protect the investments which has been planned for several years government in participating in the project.
of international companies. In recent but has never got off the ground due to The Paraguayan economic press report
years Paraguay has favored public-private the fall in passenger traffic during the that the Spanish infrastructure specialist
partnerships with clear guideline as to who COVID-19 pandemic and changes of Sacyr and the Eurnekian-controlled
finances each part of the project along with government in Paraguay. Corporacion America have already started
the duration of the concession. Last year, just over one million lobbying the Paraguayan government prior
BMA Architects working out of passengers used the airport, and the to submitting formal bids for the project.
Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and current terminal, built over 40 years ago, is JG
Miami, along with Carlos Ott and Carlos operating at close to full capacity. The new

Flights at Porto Alegre Salgado Filho Airport to partially resume in October

Fraport Brasil, the airport management specially reduced 1700-meter runway and At the end of August the Brazilian
concession holder at Porto Alegre the airport manager indicates that the full National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC)
International Airport, has announced the 3200-meter runway should be ready by authorized the transfer of R$425.96 million
resumption of domestic flights on October mid-December, when the airport mangers (US$77 million) and the payment will be
21. The airport has been closed since the plan to resume resumption of international passed on to Fraport in September once the
beginning of May when the worst flooding flights. government gives its final approval.
in 80 years hit the Rio Grande do Sul Prior to the shut down the airport Last year 7.48 million passengers used
region in southern Brazil. At the end of was connected to six cities outside Brazil the airport but with the extended closure
May, the Brazilian government authorized - Buenos Aires Aeroparque, Lima, Lisbon, this year’s figure will be significantly
airlines to use the Canoas Air Base as a Montevideo, Panama City and Santiago de lower.
temporary measure in order to guarantee a Chile. TMI understands that these services The anchor travel retailer at Porto
limited amounts of domestic flights. would resume by the end of January. Alegre is Dufry do Brasil – (Avolta) with
Brazilian Airlines Azul, Gol and It is estimated that the reconstruction a 704 sqm duty-paid shop in the domestic
Latam have confirmed the resumption of and renovation work of Salgado Filho departures area and two duty free stores,
their flights and are already selling tickets. Airport will require around R$1 billion one in departures and the other in arrivals,
So far, the return of routes to the cities (US$ 181 million). The investment in the measuring 935 sqm. The retail concession
of Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Sao Paulo project will be partially funded by the contract is due to expire in December 2027
Campinas, Curitiba, Sao Paulo Guarulhos, government, but the exact amount is yet to but this is now expected to be extended
and Rio de Janeiro has been announced. be defined in negotiations that Fraport is JG
Domestic flights will operate on a having with insurers.

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