On this issue of Air Market
 
In spite of everything  
The segment of airfreight continues to grow in Brazil, exceeding the most conservative projections imagined early this year. An analysis by Robert Zwerdling, published in the Brazilian journal FLAP Internacional.
 

Looking for dollars

Different analysts maintain that the Argentine market will get to the end of the year within a context of only two or three airlines. In the face of this outlook, the companies are staking on flights abroad to sell tickets in dollars and thus lessen their losses. An unexpected change in strategy with uncertain results. By Santiago Rivas

 

The market takes a knock
 
In Latin America, almost a third of the cost of each plane ticket goes towards paying all sorts of duties to the public treasury. What can the regional airlines do to compete with their US colleagues, true giants that also receive economic and financial assistance from the White House? An analysis by Lautaro Guzmán
 
A foot in the door 

Last year, the most profitable airline in the world turned out to be a low fare company. And of the next 24, five of the positions went to other economical fare lines. Could this be a trend?

 

       Without luxuries  

As a consequence of the crisis Argentine airlines say goodbye to the newest aircraft and welcome a new contingent of the already historic Boeing 737-200. Federico Etiennot writes.

   
 
 
 		      
 

 

  
August 2002- Year 3 - Nº 24

 

 

 

Brazil is moving away from category 2

The Brazilian government closed an agreement with the opposition to approve the creation of the Civil Aviation National Agency (ANAC) in the Congress, by doing so it averts the risk of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) doing with Brazil the same it did with Argentina and assign category 2 instead of the actual 1 regarding air operational safety.

 

Open skies between Peru and Argentina

The Peru Minister of Transport, Luis Chang, reported that with Argentina “it has already been agreed technically that on the 1st December this year from seven frequencies we have presently, we will go to twenty one flight frequencies” Further on in July 2003 they will grow to twenty eight “to reach open skies by December 2003”. Chang assured Argentina is an attractive market despite the crisis it is going through”, “the flow towards Argentina is still going strong and I hope that with this we will be able to increase our aeronautic capacity” he sustained.