Four months after the deadline for the self-composition commission ended, discussions regarding the future of the concession for Viracopos International Airport, located in Campinas (SP), continue to stagnate. Although a report consolidating the terms agreed upon between the public sector and the concessionaire has been finalized, it is still awaiting necessary approvals.
The survey conducted by g1 indicated that the document, prepared after the completion of work on June 10, 2026, is currently under review by the Attorney General's Office of the Union (AGU), which proposed some specific adjustments. The endorsement of this body should only be issued after the electoral period.
Subsequently, the report will undergo a review by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) before a press conference is held to disclose the details of the agreement.
The self-composition commission aims to resolve issues through dialogue between the public power and the concessionaire. This group was established due to dissatisfaction related to the current contract and the end of the re-tendering process, determined by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).
Attempt at agreement
The president director of Anac, Tiago Chagas Faierstein, confirmed that negotiations are ongoing because there are other participants involved, but opted not to provide details due to confidentiality. He commented that the year was unusual because of the elections, which made the process slower, but expressed the expectation that everything would be concluded before the end of the year.
The concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos communicated, through an official note, that it would not make statements on the matter, in observance of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) signed by the parties.
g1 contacted the AGU, but received no response until the latest update of the story.
The self-composition commission was established in October 2025, following a request from the concessionaire and the end of the re-tendering process. This negotiation table represents the last chance for Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos to continue managing the terminal.
With the conclusion of the terminal's re-tendering process, the airport's operation could return to the government (entering into lapse) or the concessionaire could remain responsible for the terminal. The Viracopos Self-Composition Commission was created precisely to seek a resolution for this situation.
The commission's validity was extended on two occasions, the last being through an ordinance from the Ministry of Ports and Airports in April 2026. The group's duration ended on June 10.
In January of this year, the Ministry of Ports and Airports confirmed that within the commission, possibilities were being debated to incorporate 'other assets' into the concession of Viracopos Airport.
At that time, g1 reported that one of the options analyzed included the incorporation of six airports located in the North and Northeast, three in Amazonas (AM), one in Pará, another in Acre, and one more in Bahia.
Impasse in the concession
The re-tendering process for Viracopos did not advance because the legal deadline for the publication of the notice expired on June 2, 2025, as established by the Re-tendering Law, which provides for a two-year period from the opening of the process.
The re-tendering would only resume after the failure of the consensual agreement attempt between the federal government and the concessionaire. The central point of the impasse resided in the calculation of the compensation that Anac should pay to ABV, covering both investments made since 2012 and any future reimbursements.
The TCU determined that Anac should hire an audit to define this amount before launching the notice. Although the hiring was approved, the document was never made public, resulting in the paralysis of the procedure.
According to the TCU, another reason for the failure of the consensual solution was the difficulties imposed by the concessionaire itself.
Crisis
Viracopos, classified as the fifth busiest airport in the country, has faced a financial crisis since 2017. At that time, the concessionaire requested judicial recovery and subsequently adhered to the re-tendering, becoming the first Brazilian airport to follow this path.
Starting in 2023, driven by improved financial results and the endorsement of the Ministry of Ports and Airports, ABV sought to end the re-tendering and resume the amicable path with the TCU, aiming to maintain the contract.
The main obstacle in the negotiations conducted by the Secretariat of External Control of Consensus Solution and Conflict Prevention (SecexConsenso), an agency linked to the TCU, was the disagreement over the value of the compensation. After the case was archived, the concessionaire took the issue to judicial arbitration.
In parallel, Anac calculated the reimbursement at R$ 2.5 billion, referring to investments that had not yet been amortized by December 31, 2022.
From recovery to re-tendering
The airport's last judicial recovery plan was filed in December 2019 and approved in February 2020, as a result of an agreement reached between the concessionaire, Anac, and the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES).
The Judiciary closed the recovery process in December 2020, and the re-tendering process began shortly thereafter. The notice was approved in August 2021.
Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos had already shown interest in returning the concession in 2017, but the process was interrupted because Law No. 13.448/2017, which regulates the re-tendering of public concessions, was only regulated in 2019.
Financial restructuring
Thanks to the financial improvement, the airport returned to achieving passenger records in 2022 and 2023, which strengthened the concessionaire's argument that continued private management would be more beneficial than a new tender.
ABV's total debt reached R$ 2.88 billion, encompassing bank debts and late fees included in the arbitration process.
Currently, Infraero holds 49% of Viracopos shares. The remaining 51% is divided among UTC Participações (28.41%), Triunfo Participações (68.65%), and Egis (2.94%), who together form the concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos.
Second runway
The implementation of the second runway was conditional on a take-off and landing target. In May 2026, g1 reported that one of the discussions involved accelerating the construction of this second runway, whose development depended on reaching a target of 178 thousand annual landings and take-offs. Currently, the volume of movements is around 124 thousand.
Back in 2012, the concessionaire had announced the intention to advance the construction of the additional runway, originally scheduled for 2018. Later, this deadline was recalculated for 2017, but the project was never implemented.
The absence of a second runway caused the airport to be inoperable for 45 hours in October 2012, after a cargo plane suffered a failure and prevented the arrival and departure of other aircraft. Additionally, this alternative had been seen as crucial for attracting additional international flights.