São Paulo – This Tuesday (28th), the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism informed that there were 7.2 million inbound international flights in Brazil from January until November. There was growth of 21.3% over the same period of last year.
In November alone, there were 670,000 international flights into the country. The figures were supplied by the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero).
Domestic flights reached 61.2 million from January until November. According to the ministry, the figure is higher than the one recorded in the whole of 2009, which was 56 million, and is a record for the period.
In November, there were 5.8 million domestic flights, growth of 13% over the same month last year.
According to the director of studies and research at the ministry, José Francisco Lopes, the total number of inbound flights this year may exceed 66 million.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
