BH Airport was born with a major challenge: fully and efficiently meeting the growing demand of passengers across the country. In November 2013, the federal government held the auction for the concession of Belo Horizonte International Airport for a period of 30 years. The consortium integrated by the CCR group and Zürich airport was the winner by submitting the best bid with a 66% premium over the minimum established.
The BH Airport modernization, expansion and maintenance project foresees considerable investments for the 30 years of the concession. BH Airport has the expertise of its shareholders to transform the Airport into a truly "airport city" that is truly ready for the world.
By offering more comfort, safety, and a host of facilities, BH Airport wants to ensure the best travel experience for its passengers through service excellence.
BH Airport believes that the concession instrument is essential to minimize the country's infrastructure bottlenecks and relies on the good results of the government-private partnership for economic and social development.
BH Airport is a special purpose company (SPE) formed by the CCR group - one of the largest infrastructure concession groups in Latin America - and Zürich Airport, an international airport operator in Zurich, Switzerland, with a 51% stake, in addition to Infraero, which owns 49%.
The CCR Group operates in the segments of highway concession, urban mobility, airports and services. There are 37 assets, presence in 13 Brazilian states and 17 thousand employees.
The group is responsible for managing and maintaining 3,615 kilometers of highways, providing 3,600 calls per day. In urban mobility, it manages passenger transport services for subways, trams and ferries, transporting 3 million passengers daily.
In the aviation sector, it controls CCR Aeroportos, which took over the operation of 15 terminals after the sixth Round of Airport Concessions by the federal government. There are annually already more than 42 million customers served.
Founded in 1973, Infraero is a public company, linked to the Civil Aviation Secretariat (SAC) of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil. The company manages and invests in infrastructure and operates 61 airports, 75 Stations Providing Telecommunications and Air Traffic Services and 32 Cargo Logistics Terminals. It holds a 49% equity interest in the concessionaires (Specific Purpose Society — SPE) that manage the airports of Guarulhos and Viracopos (SP), Brasília (DF), Belo Horizonte (MG) and Galeão (RJ).
Flughafen Zürich AG operates Switzerland's most important transport and meeting hub on behalf of the Swiss Confederation: Zurich Airport. With a diversified and listed business, the company is also a shareholder and/or operator in two regional airports in Chile (Antofagasta, Iquique), one in Bogotá Eldorado (Colombia), one in Curaçao (Caribbean) and one in Bangalore (India). Furthermore, Zurich Airport Brasil, a company of the Zurich Airport group, has 100% of the operation of the airports in Florianópolis, Macaé and Vitória, in concession contracts with a duration of 30 years.
