The codeshare between two Brazilian airlines seems to be bothering GOL. Laranjinha filed a lawsuit at CADE (istrative Council for Economic Defense) to try to block the agreement between airlines, so praised in Jerome Cadier's last interview, president of LATAM.
According to GOL, there are anti-competitive features in the current agreement, as the two airlines operate flights with the same sales system, but in separate operations. This makes it possible for only one company to operate a specific route, mainly between capitals, reducing competition in the market.
To make its complaint, GOL used the latest changes in the codeshare process as an example, including more routes in partnership, and excluding routes operated by both companies, concentrating the operation on only one airline. Five routes, mainly focused on the corporate market, are at the center of this discussion.
In the last analysis of the market by ANAC, LATAM had something close to a 32% share, while Azul had a share of almost 31%, GOL was still the leader, but tight by LATAM and Azul compared to the other months.
For this reason, GOL sees itself threatened in this matter, saying that the Azul + LATAM group will soon have a greater participation in many routes between capitals, due to the codeshare system. GOL, in turn, does not have any partnership in Brazil with this level of similarity, restricting itself to a partnership on regional routes with aredo.
Around 64 routes are included in the codeshare agreement, in addition to overlapping routes implemented later, after it was already operational, something that is the main target of complaints by GOL.
