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A TAM Airbus A320 during a short stopover at São Paulo-Guarulhos international airport. The company has regular passenger flights on both national and international routes. It is today Brazil’s largest carrier after its partial merger with neighbour airline LAN Chile. Um Airbus A320 da TAM durante uma escala no aeroporto internacional de Guarulhos-São Paulo. A companhia oferece voos regulares tanto em rotas nacionais quanto em rotas internacionais. © J.-M. Guhl

ÿ Gol is Brazil’s main and fasted growing low-cost airline. One of that company’s Boeing 737-300 is seen landing at Natal aiport in Rio Grande do Norte. While TAM mostly uses European Airbus jetliners, Gol only flies US-made Boeing airliners.

A Gol é principal empresa aérea “low cost” brasileira e também a que mais rapidamente cresce. Um dos seus Boeing 737-300 é visto aqui pousando no aeroporto de Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Enquanto a TAM usa majoritariamente aeronaves européias, a Gol voa apenas aero-naves Boeing norte-americanas. © J.-M. Guhl

jobs and demand will be better served,“ said on this occasion Gol’s CEO Constantino de Oliveira Junior. “We are confdent that throughout this acquisition Gol will continue its mission of popularising air travel and consolidate its position as one of the leading low-cost carriers in the world. We will work so that our companies become the Brazilian carriers of choice for both domestic and international passengers.“ Indeed, just as Gol’s orange tailed jet liners emerged to take on and ultimately takeover Varig’s famous compass and globe decorated aircraft, new entrants have now appeared in the commercial aviation sector, stimulating

further expansion in the country’s air transport market. Until the end of the previous decade, the Brazilian national market was dominated by two airlines— TAM and Gol—but as it attracted more players, more companies have appeared and developed to support the escalation in air trafc as well as the construction of new airports all around the country.

A mushrooming business

As the number of fights departing from Brazil’s airports never ceases to increase, the pressure on turnaround times has multiplied in order to generate more revenue. As every minute is precious

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