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Since the mid 90s, Brazil has undergone a series of privatization processes involving various public service activities: telecommunications, water and power distribution, financial institutions and also transportation (highways, railroads, port terminals, etc.). Meanwhile, the air transportation industry did not follow the steps of those other sister industries: indeed, only the state of São Paulo’s airline was privatized (in 1990/91). Regarding the airports and related infrastructure, there were no signs of a political shift in the mid 90s. the objectives of this paper are: (1) analyse the current practices and the alternatives being thought for the privatization of large/medium federal and state-managed airports in Brazil; and (2) comment on how the new domestic regulatory environment may impact the privatization process in the country. Please notice this paper was published in 2001 at the 36th Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Vancouver, Canada.