Brazilian carriers all experience imrpovements in operational indicators in May-2013: ABEAR
Brazil's Brazilian Association of Airlines (ABEAR) revealed (18-Jun-2013) all five member carriers - Avianca Brazil, Azul, Gol, TAM Airlines and TRIP Linhas Aereas - experienced improvements in operational indicators in May-2013, with overall ASKs up 1.5% year-on-year and RPKs up 3.9% year-on-year in May-2013. ABEAR president Eduardo Sanovicz said, "Within the expected pattern of seasonality of the market, the total supply was still lower than in Mar-2013, but demand has proved superior to that month, indicting that the market continues to grow." Mr Sanovicz added that going forward, "...we are still nearing the end of [1H2013] quite concerned because the data may still not reflect the increase in the dollar against the real." ABEAR reported:
- ASKs, overall May-2013: 9.4 billion;
- RPKs, overall May-2013: 7 billion;
- Market share, May-2013:
- TAM: 39.8%, +1.1% month-on-month;
- Gol: 35.6%;
- Azul/TRIP: 17.4%;
- Avianca Brazil: 7.2%. [more - original PR - Portuguese]