Jair Bolsonaro announced the privatization of 12 Brazilian airports on March 15

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Monday the government's intention to privatize 12 airports on March 15 and said the measure would capture some R $ 3,500 million (about $ 945 million) in investment in terminals. 39, airports sold at auction.

Through your Twitter account, your main communication platform, Bolsonaro pointed out that all auctions of these airports would run in accordance with an announcement made last Friday by the Investment Partnerships Program (PPI in its initials in Portuguese), which acts under the aegis of the Ministry of Infrastructure.

"Quality in the specific service, employability and economy, these are just the first steps in this area!" Said the president of the social network.

According to the announcement of the infrastructure portfolio, the auction of the 12 airports will take place on March 15, although "the expectation of the government" provides for a total of 23 concessions "even during the 100 first days of park management President Bolsonaro. "

The airports will be auctioned in three main blocks and the total minimum value for the concession of the 12 terminals is R $ 219 million ($ 59.12 million)., which must be paid immediately.

Throughout the concession, which will have a duration of 30 years, the Ministry anticipates that the total value of the subsidies it must reach R $ 2.1 trillion ($ 566.9 million).

In the northeast block, they appear Recife, Maceió, Aracaju, Juazeiro Norte, Joao Pessoa and Campina Grande airports and the minimum value of the grants awarded will be R $ 171 million (approximately $ 46.16 million).

In the southeastern region of BrazilThe airports of Vitoria and Macaé were auctioned, with a minimum initial payment of $ 47 million ($ 12.7 million).

Finally, airports Cuiabá, Sinop, Rondonopolis and Alta Floresta form the island of the center-west and the minimum value of the initial grant is R $ 800,000 ($ 216,000).

With the privatization of the 12 airports, the government plans to raise some R $ 3,500 million (about $ 945 million), which will be converted into "terminal investments," according to Bolsonaro.