Domestic airline travel in Brazil falls 8.2% in 2016

Since the start of the year, Brazil’s aviation industry, particularly on the domestic front, has been feeling the effects of the country’s weak economy and political turmoil. Tuesday, the Brazilian Association of Airlines (ABEAR) released its latest figures for the year so far showing that from January to May domestic aviation in Brazil fell by 8.2% compared to the same period last year. According to ABEAR figures, in the first 5 months of 2016, domestic Brazilian airlines carried a total of 36.4m passengers, 3.2m less than the same period last year. In the month of May alone, the volume of passengers fell 9.9% compared to the same month of 2015. In international flights market, national airline companies represent 25% of the market. Here, the number of trips in May stood at 544,000, which represents a 4.9% drop compared to May 2015. <br/>