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In 2011, In Brazil, for the first time ever, the number of passengers travelling by plane inside the country exceeded that of passengers travelling by interstate coach. Last year, some 66 million passengers have been reported commuting on regional aircraft while interstate coach travellers have dropped from a 67 million figure as commercial airlines recorded a further 10% traffic increase. In fact, since 2002, the number of passengers travelling by aircraft in Brazil grew 115%, while those using interstate coach tumbled by 31%.

eographic heartland, as well as various ands in the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is e ffth largest country in the world. he only countries that are larger are the ussian Federation, Canada, China, and e United States (including Alaska). The ational territory of Brazil today extends 395 kilometres from north to south nd 4,319 kilometres from east to west. It pans four time zones, the westernmost which, in the State of Acre south Amazonia, is the same as Eastern andard Time (EST) in the United States. he time zone of the country’s capital asília, and of the most populated part Brazil along the east coast, is two hours head of Eastern Standard Time, except

Moreover, Brazil being a vast country with virtually no viable passenger railway system, the next development step after the road could only be the large and still unobstructed airspace of that continent-sized land.

With its sprawling territory, Brazil occupies most of the eastern part of the South American continent and its

— One of Azul’s national-designed Embraer J 195 jetliners overflies the world famous pacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Besides ing a large user of Embraer twinjet airliners, ul is one of Brazil’s main operator of the ropean ATR commercial 72-seat biturboprop. m Embraer ERJ 195 da Azul sobrevoa a undialmente famosa praia de Copacabana Rio de Janeiro. Além de ser uma das maiores eradoras deste modelo bimotor da Embraer, Azul é também uma das principais empresas operar o turbopropulsor europeu ATR 72, com racterísticas regionais e capacidade para 72 ssageiros. © Embraer