Norwegian wants to operate low cost flights within Brazil, says Tourism

São Paulo – the Scandinavian airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has an interest in operating flights within Brazil, stated the Minister of tourism, Vinicius Lummertz, citing that the company should begin to operate flights from Europe to the country from March that comes. According to the Minister, who spoke with representatives of the Norwegian in Stockholm, Sweden, if the IPO of the business areas of Brazil is adopted, the Scandinavian company could constitute a new company in Brazil. "We will have then a company flying within Brazil, a brazilian company ... at a cost that would be half the cost of market, which is what they do here, low cost calls," said the Minister in testimony recorded and made available by the Ministry tourism. The National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) authorized the operation of the Norwegian Air in Brazil earlier this month. The third largest European low-cost airline has asked, through your United Kingdom subsidiary, traffic rights in Brazil for possible flights to London, seeking to begin operations in 2019. The Brazilian market is dominated by just four large groups of aviation, Latam, Gol, Azul and Avianca. According to the Ministry, the Norwegian evaluates operate their flights between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Ceará began an offensive to attract Norwegian to Fortress ", which offered $500,000 investment by route implemented in the first three years to promotion and attraction of passengers, in addition to the exemption already in place of ICMS on the aviation kerosene. The exemption is valid also for "all vendors and refuelling of aircraft with food, catering," said the Ministry. The Goal, in partnership with Air France-KLM, began operations in May this year in a hub in Fortaleza, keeping an eye on a passenger flow between Brazil and Europe of more than 1 million passengers a year.