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This Saturday (15), pbadengers face queues, delays and flight cancellations for the third consecutive day, at the Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo. On Wednesday, the concessionaire managing the terminal announced the adoption of simultaneous landings and take-offs to speed up boarding, but attributed delays to the rains.
Up to 13 hours, 363 flights were scheduled at Cumbica, with 187 arrivals and 176 departures, according to GRU Airport, which manages the airport.
Of the 187 expected arrivals, 32 were delayed (18.3%) and 12 were canceled (6.4%). Of the departures, 176, 54 were delayed (33.3%) and 14 were canceled (8%).
Thursday (13), pbadengers of three delayed flights demonstrated in the Cumbica boarding lounge. The airport of the GRU, which manages the airport, said that these delays were due to bad weather.
This Friday (14), the airport woke up again with queues, delays and cancellations. The confusion not only affected the flights from Sao Paulo – the pbadengers who took off in Madrid, Spain, lost nearly two full days of travel because the aircraft could not land in Guarulhos for make a stop.
The concessionaire issued a note in which he attributed the delays and cancellations due to the rains. "The delays are a direct result of the rains of yesterday, which motivated the accumulation of traffic of origin or destination in Guarulhos airport", explained the concessionaire who manages the # 39; airport.
The airport GRU also indicated that "the complete regularization of operations depends on the airlines and that it is impossible for the concessionaire to estimate when the network will be fully regularized".
Guarulhos Airport recommends arrivals due to high demand and confirms with the airline the status of your flight to avoid major inconveniences.
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In the press releases, Gol and Latam claimed that the delays were motivated by the heavy rains that fell on São Paulo on Thursday
. The meteorologists heard by Globo Television, however, pointed out that the weather had not yet stabilized: the radars measured 36 millimeters of rain and winds up to 81 km / h in Guarulhos between 3 pm and 5 pm 18h Thursday.
Friday morning, according to experts, there was no cloud cover, no rain or fog in the sky. ion – Conditions that generally affect the visibility of pilots and change flight conditions.
Last Wednesday (12), the airport announced a new regime of 39 exploitation with simultaneous landings and takeoffs. The procedure, called Agile GRU, allows aircraft to take off from one runway while the other lands, provided that the runway is in a "visual state", that is, there is no recoil.
To the question of whether the operation had a positive or negative impact on landings and departures, GRU responded in a note that "the procedure was proceeding in favorable weather conditions, with a positive impact on the operation of the airport "and that" in situations of reduced visibility, as it is heavy rains, it is not possible to follow the procedure of simultaneous landing and take-off " .
In 2015, the Brasilia International Airport implemented a similar procedure, with simultaneous landings and takeoffs on two "parallel and distant" lanes. The operation – a pioneer in South America, according to the concessionaire – was suspended by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), less than a year later, after two situations of near-shock between aircraft.
Aircraft at the International Airport
Aircraft at the International Airport
Aircraft at l. Guarulhos International Airport (SP) – Photo: Paulo Whitaker / Reuters
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