The new manager of Natal Airport, Rodrigo Abreu, is an engineer, with a master's degree in Production Engineering (UFF), with an MBA in Marketing (FGV). Abreu, as he prefers to be called, served as general director of Cabo Frio International Airport, before arriving at Zurich Airport Brasil, in March this year, especially to take over the management of Natal Aluízio Alves International Airport.

With more than 15 years of career in the energy, oil and logistics sector, Abreu has held executive positions in Operations, Commercial, Strategic Marketing and Projects in different companies in the sector. He has worked in Italy, the United Kingdom and Latin America, at companies such as Cameron, General Electric and Prysmian. 

At Zurich Airport Brasil, he will be responsible for the airport's operations and will also represent the company in discussions with strategic partners in Rio Grande do Norte. "Natal Airport has a great infrastructure, with an excellent team and is now being managed by a company that seeks the most efficient, sustainable and surprising airports in Brazil, I can certainly feel privileged to have this challenge in my hands", he pointed out the new manager.

From Rio de Janeiro, Abreu is also a guest professor on the MBA course at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, in the areas of strategy, business games, marketing and service management.  

New phase Natal Airport

On February 19, 2024, Zurich Airport Brasil began operating Natal International Airport, the first aerodrome to participate in a re-tender in Brazil. The new concessionaire owns 100% of the airport - which currently has capacity for up to 6,5 million passengers per year - and will operate it until 2054. Zurich Airport won the concession on May 19, 2023, with a bid of R $320 million, an amount already paid by the Swiss group.