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FEATURE REGIONAL ANALYSIS BRAZIL


strong increase, and all business would be affected in a positive way. The main concern is the airport infrastructure. Already, air cargo shipments for World Cup facilities are arriving, pushing volumes up.” Fadigas is seeing the same trend;


Cargofast is quoting to its agents abroad in several locations and he anticipates that the sporting events will affect air freight demand in Brazil “tremendously”. With 6 million tickets to go on sale


for the 2016 Olympics that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, the city’s Galeão Antonio Carlos Jobim International airport is being developed and will be


able to process 26 million passengers every year. Just as importantly, 26 percent of


the sporting venues necessary for the Games are to be built from scratch. This will result in increased air freight traffic when construction materials and equipment are flown into Brazil. The improvements at Rio’s airport will mean it will have the capacity to handle 120,000 tonnes of cargo a year. Across all 67 of the airports it


manages, national airport operator Infraero said it is investing R$708.6 million (US$409.5 million) in new terminals, new equipment, expansion and modernisation of its nationwide


The improvements at Rio’s airport will mean it will have the capacity to handle 120,000


tonnes of cargo a year


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