São Paulo – The number of passengers who arrived in Brazil on international flights in November rose 7.88% over the same period last year. The Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero) recorded 560,000 passengers. The result made November the month with the second highest growth in international arrivals in Brazil in 2009.
From January to November, the country received over 5.9 million passengers on international flights, a reduction of 1.2% over the first eleven months in 2008.
According to the Infraero, of the total number of arrivals in November, 551,520 were on commercial flights and 12,436 on chartered flights. The figures take into consideration foreign visitors arriving in Brazil and Brazilian tourists returning to the country.
*Translated by Mark Ament
