The National Civil Aviation Agency, which controls commercial flights in Brazil, informed on Friday that it will authorize discounts of up to 80 percent on plane tickets to destinations within South America.
The decision will become valid on June 1 and include flights leaving from Brazil to any of the other 12 countries in the region: Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana and Suriname.
According to the agency, this move is the first step in the strategy to make ticket fares more flexible on all international flights leaving from the country, and it intends to extend the policy to destinations in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
The first stage of the implementation of the policy started in March, when the government agency authorized air companies to offer discounts of 30 to 50 percent.
Brazilian airlines welcomed the decision, but they did not announce any immediate change in the current price for their tickets.
Gol Linhas Aereas, one of the main airlines in the country, stressed that the measure benefits above all the Brazilian passenger.
Meanwhile, its main competitor in the local market, TAM Linhas Aereas, stated that it will maintain its current discounts for the moment.
Source: Xinhua
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