This value is almost double the increase recorded in Brazil in the same period; the data are from the Brazilian Association of Airlines
The price of air tickets in the United States increased almost twice as much as in Brazil from 2019 (last year before the Covid pandemic) until the first half of 2023.
According to a survey carried out by Abear (Brazilian Association of Airlines), the average value of tickets North American flights rose 57% in the period, while the increase observed in Brazil was 32%. The study was carried out with data from Anac (National Civil Aviation Agency) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Abear concluded that the average fare for North Americans rose from R$338.42 in 2019 to R$532.56 in the 1st half of last year.
The survey also analyzed the fluctuation in the price paid per kilometer flown (yield, in the industry's jargon) between the 2 countries. In the USA, the indicator increased by 55.8% in this period, while the variation in Brazil was 31.2%.
For Abear, this result demonstrates that airlines operating in Brazil performed well in containing the passing on of increased structural costs to their customers.
“These data prove that the pressure of the structural costs of commercial aviation on air ticket prices is not a phenomenon exclusive to Brazil, it is a scenario that occurs worldwide”said the president of Abear, Jurema Monteiro.
As shown by Power360, the increase in ticket prices and the crisis in the sector’s structural costs is not exclusive to Brazil. Despite this, the country has at least 4 major challenges to curb the increase in fares, at a time when aviation is resuming operations since the pandemic restrictions.
The effects of the lack of support from the federal government in the period from 2020 to 2021 also weigh on Brazil, when airlines recorded a sharp drop in revenue due to circulation restrictions.
To the Power360, economist José Roberto Afonso explained that companies went into debt during the pandemic due to the drop in passenger transport operations. During this period, the federal government did little to help airlines, which prevented this loss from being diluted among Brazilians.
Today, those who pay for this volume of debts are the percentage of Brazilians who use air transport, around 10% of the population.
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