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Jose Carlos Pereira, who heads Infraero, said closure of the airport would be "radical" and unjustified.
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Ms Rousseff considered taking Infraero away from the ministry of defence and giving it to the minister for ports.
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They are managed by Infraero, an air-force dominated state company that is a Brazilian byword for bureaucratic obstruction and incompetence.
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Infraero, the sluggish state-owned monopoly that operates them, is so inefficient that for years it has failed to spend even half its budget for airport upgrades.
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The jet was rerouted to Sao Paulo's international airport after coming in at an unsafe angle to Congonhas, officials with the nation's airport authority, Infraero, said.
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Of the more than 5 billion reais Infraero has earmarked for investment in the run-up to 2014, more than half is on projects that are already behind schedule.
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The government is selling shares in the state operator, Infraero.
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The government owned airport management company, Infraero, will only be allowed a 49% stake in the new companies, to be auctioned off later this year on Aug. 22.
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