Argentina
The Government Must Decide Whether to Extend Aeropuertos Argentina 2000’s Concession Until 2066
Eduardo Eurnekian’s company operates 35 airport terminals and is seeking to extend a contract that currently expires in 2038. According to a report cited by C5N and Ámbito, an internal draft has advanced within the Executive Branch to formalize that decision.
Javier Milei’s government has a pending decision on the concession of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, the company that operates 35 airport terminals in the country. According to reports from C5N and Ámbito, the company linked to Eduardo Eurnekian is seeking to extend the contract until 2066, while the current concession expires in 2038.
According to C5N’s reconstruction, the current extension through 2038 had been granted during the pandemic, in a context of falling air traffic that affected the company’s revenue. According to that report, the firm’s argument for requesting a new term is the need to sustain investment in airport infrastructure.
C5N’s report, also cited by Ámbito, further stated that Executive Branch officials advanced in drafting a memorandum to formalize the extension. According to that version, at the time of publication only the signatures of Legal and Technical Affairs and the President were still needed for it to take effect. That mechanism, always according to both outlets, would avoid a new bidding process for the administration of the terminals.
C5N also reviewed the prior relationship between Milei and Eurnekian. According to that outlet, the current President worked between 2008 and 2021 at Corporación América as chief economist and financial adviser to different companies in the group. Ámbito added that this background had created ethical recusal issues for the president to intervene in decisions linked to his former employer, a period that, according to that outlet, expired in December 2024.
The final decision will be in the hands of the Executive Branch, which will have to choose between moving forward with the extension requested by the company or opening a bidding process to bring in new competitors in the operation of Argentina’s main airports.
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About this note. Written by El Notero with the assistance of artificial intelligence, based on what was published by the cited outlet. El Notero did not conduct its own reporting on this event.
