Associative entities and businessmen meet today at 17 pm at the Infraero Auditorium (Avenida Santos Dumont, 1979) to discuss the next actions in opposition to Governor João Doria's proposal to close the Campo de Marte airport.
The idea is unacceptable, even more so on the grounds that the airport, the fifth most important in the country, is unsafe.
Since the governor returned to the subject, the entities are working together with the business community that operates in Campo de Marte to fight against the decision, showing how fundamental the airport is for the city of São Paulo today and in the future.
“In 12 years there were 3 fatalities, 10 years of aviation causes far fewer deaths than traffic in São Paulo. Aviation is very safe and Campo de Marte is fundamental for the city of São Paulo”, said Flavio Pires, CEO of ABAG (Brazilian Association of General Aviation).
Participating in the meeting are parliamentarians linked to the causes of the segment, invited authorities, associations and some of the companies that operate on Mars, among them, Aristek Comércio Aeronáutico, Go Air Escola de Aviação, Helibras Helicopteros do Brasil, Helimarte Táxi Aéreo, JP Martins Aviação, Helifly Aviação, Sales Serviços Aéreos, TAG Aviation, Tucson Aviação, among others. Among the participating entities are ABAG (Brazilian Association of General Aviation), Abraphe (Brazilian Association of Helicopter Pilots), Abrapac (Brazilian Association of Civil Aviation Pilots), Acecam (Association of Concessionaires, Aeronautical Companies Intervening and s of Campo de Marte), SNA (National Union of Aeronauts) and Abtaer (Brazilian Association of Air Taxis and Aeronautical Product Maintenance).
Campo de Marte Airport ended 2018 with 70 thousand take-off and landing operations, but it already reached 96 thousand annual operations, before the 2014 crisis. It is the eighth most important airport in Brazil and connects São Paulo to more than 900 destinations throughout the national territory. ing that Brazil has 5.500 cities, but commercial aviation connects just over 100 cities. The rest needs to be connected with general aviation.
Brazil owns the second largest fleet of general aviation aircraft, second only to the United States. There are 15.421 aircraft (Sep 2018 data), divided into jets (770), turboprops (1.326), helicopters (2.085), amphibious (40) and conventional aircraft (11.200).
