The national secretary of Civil Aviation, Ronei Glanzmann, said this Friday (20) to the of the Tourism Commission of the Chamber of Deputies that he expects the total recovery of the occupation of national flights between December and January – currently, the movement is equivalent to 80 % of verified before the pandemic. But the increase in occupancy, according to him, should be accompanied by higher fares.
The public hearing was scheduled to discuss a possible purchase of Latam by Azul, but government authorities said that the companies have not yet signaled anything in this regard.
Glanzmann informed that Latam has publicly stated that it is not for sale, although Azul, according to him, says it is interested in the purchase. The representative of the National Civil Aviation Agency, Sérgio Leitão, pointed out that Anac no longer needs to analyze mergers and acquisitions in advance since 2019, when a law was approved that released the use of foreign capital in these situations.
The coordinator of the Department of Economic Studies of the istrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade), Ricardo de Castro, explained that the body examines, in advance, the effects of this type of change on competition, but also stated that it is not yet the case .
He informed that Gol, Latam and Azul each have just over 30% of the Brazilian market. And that between 1994 and 2017, Cade analyzed 99 corporate changes in civil aviation, approving 68% of them.
Rates
Regarding tariffs, Ronei Glanzmann said that the values are already much higher because of the high dollar and fuel prices. He added that demand should increase.
“Since no one can fly abroad, domestic tourism is booming. In high season, this increases. The family that was going to Miami is now going to Maceió, Fortaleza, Jericoacoara. We must have, in fact, a resumption of prices. It is important for the enger to be attentive in their purchase process and anticipation of acquisition of their high season trips, mainly”, said.
“Today there is a ticket from Brasília to Fortaleza, just one leg, at R$ 2 for trips in 15 days. It is an exorbitant amount for the average citizen, more than a minimum wage. And you will hardly find it below R$ 1 thousand”, quoted.
regional aviation
The parliamentarian asked for more government effort to encourage regional aviation with small planes.
Glanzmann replied that the Executive has already invested BRL 2,5 billion in the sector. He also said that he defends the return of the Income Tax exemption for aircraft leasing. And he agreed with the commission's deputies on the need to maintain the exemption from IPI quality Import tax for aircraft parts, which can be modified by the project of the second phase of the tax reform (PL 2337 / 21).
Source: Chamber News Agency
