Grow 11.9% corporate travel in the second quarter

The business travel-related sales amounted to R $2.495 billion in the second quarter of this year, 11.9% higher than the figure recorded in the same period to 2017. The data are from the Brazilian Association of Corporate Travel Agencies (Abracorp), which compiles sales air segments of hospitality, other transports and other services from 28. National air-segment, sales of tickets to business travelers reached $853,740,000 in the period, amount R 1.8% higher compared to the previous year, but the number of tickets sold fell 3.0 percent. Among the companies, the Goal followed in the leadership of the corporate market, with 32.1% of sales in the quarter, practicing an average tariff of R $599. Then comes the Blue: the company reached 32.0% market share and higher fares for the quarter (R $727 on average) among the six companies surveyed. The rest of the national corporate market is divided between Latam (26.5%), Avianca (8.7%), Passaredo (0.4%) and MAP (0.3%). International air Division, sales of tickets to business travelers totaled R $749,890,000, a high 9.0% compared to the second quarter of 2017, while the quantity sold rose by 9.6%. In this segment, Latam has 18.0% market share, followed by American Airlines, with 13.0%-of the great Brazilian airline Gol has 1.65%, and blue, 0.89%. The quarterly results were positive for 12 of the 16 sales indicators. The negative performances came in the international segment, specifically for car rentals, transfers, travel insurance and other services.