The National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), which is responsible for the regulation and safety of civil aviation, has plans to change the tender model to attract investors to airport concessions.

Under the current model, the selected consortium had to pay 25% of the Fixed Contribution to the National Civil Aviation Fund (FNAC) at the signing of contracts. The rest, 75%, has to be paid in annual contributions. Furthermore, the concessionaire had to contribute to FNAC with 5% of its annual revenue.

According to sources, ANAC is mulling a progressive scale in which the annual contributions begin with lower values.

In mid May, ANAC opened a public audience for discussion of tender and contract documents of four airport concessions. The four airports, which will account for the 11.6% of the passengers, 12.6% of cargo and 8.6% of aircraft of the Brazilian total air traffic, are the following:

• Porto Alegre Airport - Salgado Filho (PRBS): the current movement of passengers is 8.4 million passengers per year, the concession period is 25 years (extendable for another 5 years). The minimum bid to compete for the airport concession is fixed at R$728,905,709.94 with an estimated investment of R$1.622,2 billion.
• Salvador - Deputy Luis Eduardo Magalhaes (SBSV): the current movement of passengers is 9 million passengers per year, the concession period is 30 years (extendable for another 5 years). The minimum bid to compete for the airport concession is fixed at R$328,784,087.72 with an estimated investment of R$2.227 billion.
• Florianópolis - Hercilio Luz (SBFL): the current movement of passengers is 3.7 million passengers per year, the concession period is 30 years (extendable for another 5 years). The minimum bid to compete for the airport concession is fixed at R$1,489,822,044.11 with an estimated investment of  R$887 million.
• Fortaleza - Pinto Martins (SBFZ): the current movement of passengers is 6.3 million passengers per year, the concession period is 30 years (extendable for another 5 years). The minimum bid to compete for the airport concession is fixed at R$1,562,970,387.70 with an estimated investment of  R$1.306 billion.