According to the Anac survey, air transport in the northern region is the most expensive in the country

Manaus- The average domestic air fare increased by 7.9% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2017. According to the National Agency of Civil Aviation ( ANAC), the average price of the rates were 361.03 Reais, against 334.49 Reais in the first quarter of last year. In the northern region, the agency claims to have observed "relevant summits" without disclosing regional data.

The amount includes only domestic flights and averages 40 million flights calculated during the period. The sharp rise in prices, according to the agency, is linked to the high dollar of the period and to aircraft kerosene. Over the past two quarters, the average price of kerosene has risen by 18.5%, while the exchange rate has increased by 3.2%.

Last year, the five Brazilian airlines – Gol, Latam, Azul, Avianca and Latam Cargom – posted a profit of $ 413.7 million, the first positive result since 2010. In 2016, the loss calculated by these companies reached R $ 1.6 billion.

The total income of the sector reached R $ 37, 8 billion last year. Costs and expenses reached R $ 34.6 billion. According to Anac, 53% of tickets sold last year were sold for less than R $ 300. A total of 90.6 million pbadengers were flown in 2017 with 805,000 flights

Gol's highest concentration demand, with 36, 2% of flights, followed by Latam (32.6%), Azul (17.8%), Avianca (12.9%) and other (0.5%). "Each region of the country has costs and demands.These are different markets.When we talk about an increase of 7.9%, we are talking about the average, the market as a whole," said Cristian Reis , Director of Anac Market Surveillance.

In 2017, the airlift between Santos Dumont (RJ) and Congonhas (SP) responded, alone, for about 4 million of the 40 million tickets sold during the year. Anac representatives said that it was not yet possible to know how the authorization given to airlines to charge checked baggage on domestic flights would, in fact, have an impact on the final ticket price.

According to Reis and Superintendent of Air Services Monitoring of Anac, Ricardo Catanant, the badessment of the actual effect of the changes in the rules of the baggage allowance can take up to five years The authorization for the collection of items dispatched on domestic flights came into force in June 2017.