Agência Brasil*
Brasília – The number of passengers carried by Brazilian airlines grew 2.8% in January 2008 compared with the same month last year, from 9.7 million to 9.97 million people. The data were taken from a balance disclosed by the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero).
To the Civil Aviation secretary at the Ministry of Defence, Brigadier Jorge Godinho Nery, the figures are proof that Brazilian citizens trust the safety of the civil aviation system. "People are still travelling because they really trust the system. If they had no trust, they would not fly," he says. The secretary claims that safety is a key item to the ministry.
Godinho also states that the growth in demand makes investing in airport infrastructure even more necessary. "The government is working to harmonise the entire airport infrastructure and the increased demand, so that we may have an installed airport infrastructure capable of catering to that demand."
The Brigadier highlighted the importance to the sector of works, both forecasted and underway, implemented by means of the Growth Acceleration Programme (PAC) of the Brazilian federal government.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
