01/17/2014
Brazil’s Airlines Capping Flight Fares for World Cup
Good news for those 500,000–600,000 expected international fans of futebol to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Two of four major Brazilian airlines, Avianca and Azul, have agreed to place a cap on fares for flights to Brazil to 999 reals ($425) one way. This is due to increasing pressure from the government to regulate fares for travelers who may feel cheated by soaring prices. The same may apply to Brazil’s third and fourth major airlines, Gol and Tam, sometime soon, although there is no indication from either airline of conceding to this.
Domestic flights—the Brazil World Cup is spread across twelve cities—are also capped at a maximum. Likewise hotels in Rio de Janeiro have agreed not to charge more than what is customarily expected during peak holidays like New Year’s, Carnival (
Carnaval), although other hotels have been reported to charge five times as much as normal.
Nevertheless, the air travel should prove to be easier with 1,973 new flights planned “between 25 airports in June and July,” as reported by the BBC. Given that FIFA is expecting over 500,000 fans flying in from around the world, as well as 3 million domestic fans traveling from city to city, this is welcome tidings.
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