  In this study, we will address some topics related to the privatization of
airports in the scientific literature, in an attempt to provide an answer to
the following question: does the privatization of airports bring positive
results? Firstly, we turn our attention to the motivations leading to
privatization, considering the two main parties involved, the government and
the private sector. After all, the success of such a decision will be relative
to the reasons that justify it. In a second moment, we will consider the
regulatory issue, whose influence on the airport's financial performance is
consolidated in the literature. In the third part, we address the main
documented results of privatization, with special attention to productive
efficiency, whose improvement is the most popular motivation for privatization.
