Government studies end of additional, and international shipping tariff may fall by half

The federal government plans to end a fee charged for 20 years of Brazilian passengers flying out of the country, reported to G1 the National Civil Aviation Secretary, Ronei Glanzmann. According to him, the measure can enter into force already in September and should Cheape international voyages and also contribute to attract new airlines to Brazil. The fee is an additional charge made along with the boarding fee on international flights at major airports in the country and is equivalent to US $18. In practice, the extinction of this rate may cause the fare to be reduced to half (read details below). This rate was created in 1999, in the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government. At the time, the funds raised served to reduce public debt. Currently, the additional is one of the sources of supply of the National Civil Aviation Fund (FNAC), created in 2011 to finance improvements in airport infrastructure. The federal government plans to end a fee charged for 20 years of Brazilian passengers flying out of the country, reported to G1 the National Civil Aviation Secretary, Ronei Glanzmann. According to him, the measure can enter into force already in September and should Cheape international voyages and also contribute to attract new airlines to Brazil. The fee is an additional charge made along with the boarding fee on international flights at major airports in the country and is equivalent to US $18. In practice, the extinction of this rate may cause the fare to be reduced to half (read details below). This rate was created in 1999, in the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government. At the time, the funds raised served to reduce public debt. Currently, the additional is one of the sources of supply of the National Civil Aviation Fund (FNAC), created in 2011 to finance improvements in airport infrastructure. The measure is under discussion at the Ministry of Economics. According to the secretary, the Government still needs to define how it will compensate for the loss of revenue with the extinction of the additional. Cheapest Rate Those who purchase international flight tickets currently pay a boarding fee ranging from R $106.76 (Natal Airport) to R $122.20 (Galeão Airport). A portion of this value is transferred to the Civil Aviation Fund. This installment is defined annually by Anac and corresponds, in 2019, to R $65.80 per passenger. The remainder is with the company that manages the airport and serves to compensate it for the services provided to passengers. Therefore, if the Government eliminates the share of the fund, the passengers would pay only the part owed to the companies that administer the airports. This means that the boarding fee would fall to half the price. In Galeão (RJ), the boarding fare for international flights would pass from R $122.20 to R $56.40, a fall of 53.8% in value. In the airports of Guarulhos (SP), the largest in the country, would go from R $121.88 to R $56.08, drop of 54%. At Brasilia Airport, it would go from R $120.07 to R $54.27, falling by 54.8%. New airline companies The National Civil Aviation Secretary stated that the end of the collection of the additional Civil Aviation Fund is part of the discussions of measures to attract new airlines to the country. The extinction of the rate is particularly important to companies known as low cost, i.e. inexpensive, which offer tickets at higher prices. On August 27, the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) granted authorization for the low-cost Chilean airline JetSmart to operate international flights to Brazil. The company reported that it intends to start with flights linking the country to Argentina. Prior to JetSmart, Anac had already given authorization to three other low-cost companies operating in Brazil: The European Norwegian, the Chilean Sky Airlines and the Argentine Flybondi. According to Anac, the arrival of these companies was given after the permission for airline companies to cover for the baggage order.