Eduardo Gomes
A Journey Through Time
1973 — 2021
1970s
1973
While still under construction, the airport planned as the Supersonic Airport of Manaus, designed to take Concorde, was renamed Eduardo Gomes International Airport on 11 December 1973.
1976
After construction began in 1972, the airport was commissioned on 31 March 1976 with a domestic flight and replaced Ponta Pelada as the main public airport of Manaus.
1980s
1985
Passenger Terminal 2 opened on 12 March 1985. It handles general aviation at Manaus.
2020s
2021
On 7 April 2021 the French group Vinci won a 30 year concession to run the airport, which until then had been operated by the federal company Infraero.
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