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Montevideo, May 9th 2025 - 20:31 UTC

Tag: Fraport

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Cargo terminal at Porto Alegre's airport operational again

    Opened in 2021, Porto Alegre's International Cargo Terminal (Teca) was launched in 2021 and functions 24/7

    While passenger flights are still observing an emergency scheme, the cargo terminal at Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) has been operational once again since Tuesday after the entire air station was shut down due to the floods hitting the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Agencia Brasil reported. According to Fraport Brasil, the company handling these operations, airport structures such as the runway and baggage conveyors, were not affected. On the other hand, passenger flights were suspended indefinitely on May 3.

  • Wednesday, January 3rd 2018 - 10:33 UTC

    Private operators take over Brazil's Fortaleza and Porto Alegre airports

    Fraport AG won the FOR and POA concessions in March 2017 during a public auction of four airports under Brazil’s third round of airport privatizations.

    Fraport Brasil (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fraport AG) started operations at Fortaleza’s Pinto Martins International Airport (FOR) and Porto Alegre’s Salgado Filho International Airport (POA).