Rio’s international terminal will gain more flights
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One of the reflections of the socioeconomic problems that Rio de Janeiro is going through may gain a solution from October: Tom Jobim International Airport, which until the mid-90s was Brazil’s main connection with the outside world, will see an increase in the flow of passengers because of the restrictions established at Santos Dumont Airport, closer to the City Center.
As of January, the central airport of Rio de Janeiro will only have flights to São Paulo and Brasília. The decision was taken in partnership between the state and federal governments.
Movement at the international terminal has dropped by around 65% over the past eight years, causing the terminal to operate at less than 20% of capacity. According to Infraero, the flow of passengers circulating daily at the international airport of Guarulhos (SP) corresponds to six days of movement on the Tom Jobim.
The coordinator of the MBA in Strategic and Economic Business Management at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Mauro Rochlin, points out that the emptying of the international airport cannot be attributed only to the decay of the city and the state. There are other contributing factors, he said:
- The displacement of international flights to Guarulhos airport;
- The cost of jet fuel in Rio de Janeiro;
- Higher operating costs at Galeão, compared to Santos Dumont.
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