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07/04/2013
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Goal is to give more transparency to the sale of tickets
RIO - The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) is willing to give more transparency in the sale of airline tickets. The proposal is that the rates that are charged to businesses and, in practice, are embedded in the final price of the passages are disclosed to the user. One of the ideas is that they are highlighted on the ticket, such as already occurs with the rate of loading. The regulations will be subject to public consultation, although no date to happen.
The proposal was debated among agency directors this week. Among the charges that could be broken in the passage are the takeoff and landing and the newly established connection charge.
The background of the proposal is the duel between air and regulator for weight tariffs on companies' costs. The companies claim that the tariff adjustments airport pressing expenses, but Anac says they represent only 3% of total costs. The fuel, for example, accounts for more than 40%. Considering the losses billionaires who TAM and Gol had last year, the pressure of the air has been so great that the government decided to suspend the adjustment would be done this year.
This week a new chapter in this fight came to court. The National Union of Aeroviárias, with the support of the Brazilian Association of Airline Companies (Abear), filed a lawsuit challenging the collection of the connection charge and demanding that she be discriminated against on the ticket. A fee is charged by airlines worth up to R$ 7 per passenger.
She had already entered into force at airports that were granted to private (Brasília, Guarulhos and Congonhas) and on Oct. 19, will be extended to all airports INFRAERO. Industry executives have said that the additional cost will be passed on to the value of the tickets. So Snea Abear and pressure for both the fare is highlighted on tickets.
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