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Brazil Wants JetBlue To Offer Domestic Brazilian Service

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 30, 2019October 30, 2019 7 Comments

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Brazil wants foreign carriers to operate domestic routes and has stepped up its recruiting, targeting three airlines including JetBlue.

I’ve written before the changing landscape of Brazil’s domestic commercial aviation market. Due to a recent change in Brazilian law, foreign airlines may now operate domestic flights within Brazil.

> Read More: Will Delta, Qatar and United Operate Domestically In Brazil?
> Read More: Foreign Carriers Can Now Operate Domestic Flights In Brazil

Speaking to Reuters at the recent ALTA Airline Leaders Forum, an industry conference in Brasilia, Brazil’s Civil Aviation Secretary Ronei Glanzmann said:

We are going to talk with JetBlue, we are going to talk with Volaris, a Mexican group … we are going to talk with Sky Airline, which is Chilean. These are conversations to introduce Brazil to them, they do not mean that the airlines are saying that they will come here.

Those meetings allegedly took place on Monday, though JetBlue did not respond to my request for a comment.

Thus far, only Spanish airline group Globalia, the parent company of Air Europa, has expressed firm plans to operate domestically in Brazil.

As I suggested when the law was first changed, the idea of European or U.S. airlines operating a network within Brazil seems less likely than tag flights from hubs that will accomplish the same purpose but not require a dedicated fleet. To that end, Glanzmann stressed the importance of recruiting international flights first:

We are working first with international routes, but we are already working so that those operations will become domestic operations in the Brazilian market.

The Fuel Deterrent

Brazil passes on a VAT of up to 25% on fuel to airlines operating domestically. That is undoubtedly a turn-off to many would-be entrants into the market. Efforts to exempt aviation fuel from VAT have thus far failed.

CONCLUSION

Brazil is a developing market with demand expected to increase rapidly in the years to come. Even so, I am still skeptical we will see a sizable influx of foreign carriers operating domestic flights. Even with the demise of Avianca Brasil, competition is still fairly fierce and the cut-throat, low-cost model of this competition does not provide an incentive for others to enter the market.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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7 Comments

  1. Mike Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    And operating in and out of CGH is really tricky. Scary airport,

  2. Stuart Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 1:10 pm

    This makes no sense. I fly domestically in Brazil quite a bit. Fares are fine, service is more LCC with all three but adequate with clean aircraft. Frequency is also good between most cities. I see no reason for another airline there at all. If anything more service between the NE of Brazil (Fortaleza) and the U.S. is desperately needed. Can’t understand how American does not see the potential there to launch at least 757 flights from Miami. KLM, Air France, TAP, and Condor do wonderfully on the route from Europe. The couple times a week flight on LATAM from Miami is also always full. Brazil Govt. should focus on attracting more service from the U.S. to other destinations besides GRU.

  3. phoenix Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 2:04 pm

    There already is a JetBlue in Brazil, it’s called Azul.

  4. Tom Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 3:33 pm

    Does David Neeleman still own stock in JetBlue? If so, he would be competing with himself via Azul

  5. John C. Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 3:53 pm

    Wouldn”t it make be advantageous for American to have thru flights to a second city in Brazil with the ability to carry local passengers?

  6. James Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    What I’d love to see is Mexican, Canadian, and American airlines allowed to fly between any two cities in the three countries (i.e. Interjet could fly from New York to Chicago or Air Canada could fly from Los Angeles to New York or Delta could fly from Cancun to Mexico City). IF we had true open skies in North America, we’d have affordable airfares like Europe or Southeast Asia.

  7. Esteban Reply
    October 30, 2019 at 7:44 pm

    I’m surprised they didn’t try to lure Znorwegian from the weak Argentinian market to Brazil.

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