The demand for domestic air transportation of passengers and the occupancy rate reached the highest level for the month of December in the last ten years, announced the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC).
The demand grew by 7.9% and supply increased 6% in the same period. The occupancy rate in domestic passenger flights achieved occupancy of 79.1%. In 2012, the rate was 77.7%. The occupation of the airlines stood at 76.1% in 2013, compared to 72.9% in 2012.
Around the year of 2013, domestic passenger demand grew by 1.36% over the previous year. The supply in the domestic market fell 2.89% in the same comparison.
Companies
Both Azul and Avianca had the highest increases in the domestic market in 12 months, 67.7% and 19% respectively, according to Anac. TAM has lost 6.3% in this market, and Gol gained 17.1% market share in the period.
The market share of TAM fell from 43.6% to 37.8%. Gol increased its share from 34.4% to 37.3%, while Azul went from 10.5% to 16.4% market share, and Avianca went from 6.4% to 7.1%.
Passengers
In 2013 the number of passengers carried on domestic flights by Brazilian companies, with tickets paid, accumulated growth of 1.4% over the previous year, reaching 89.97 million passengers.
Gol was the company that transported most passengers in the domestic market in December 2013, with 3.18 million. During the year, the company was responsible for the transportation of 32.54 million passengers. The number of passengers carried domestically in December 2013 reached 8.3 million and was the highest for the month in the past 10 years, an increase of 9.8% compared to December 2012.
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