Márcio França says that the program offering airline tickets for R$ 200 will begin in August and will be announced by Lula.
The goal is to help solve the problem of access to air transport, which the minister estimates is restricted to only 10% of the population. Gol, Azul, and Latam confirm their participation.
247 - The Voa Brasil program, which offers airfares for R$ 200 per leg for specific target groups, is expected to launch in August of this year. with the airlines Gol, Azul and Latam, according to the Minister of Ports and Airports, Márcio França.
Em interview In an interview with the newspaper O Globo, França also stated that the program will be officially announced by President Lula (PT): "President Lula will announce the package, which is more of an arrangement of opportunities for private companies than a public program. And it's without subsidies. In August we will start with the three (companies). We have already reached an agreement with them, now we just need the airport concessionaires."
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The program's objective is to help solve the problem of access to air transport, which the minister estimates is restricted to only 10% of the population. According to França, the program could generate around 5 million new customers for airlines, utilizing idle aircraft capacity. The airlines have confirmed that they will participate in the initiative.
"We have 90 million passenger tickets per year, one of the largest (issuances) in the world, but only 10% of individual CPF holders fly. We will help solve the problem in the second half of the year with the R$200 per segment program, utilizing the idle capacity (of aircraft). We can have 5 million new CPF holders flying," the minister stated.
The minister added that "aggregating proposals" for the program are being analyzed, coming from hotels, inns, and car rental companies that are interested in these new customers for the low season. These establishments will be able to offer discounts to the program's participants, using the same registrations made on the airlines' websites.
The program will benefit public servants at all three levels of government (municipal, state, and federal) with salaries up to R$ 6,8, retirees and pensioners of the Social Security system, and students from the Student Financing Fund (Fies), a program of the Ministry of Education.