Codeshare between LATAM and Azul becomes the target of GOL's complaint

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