The regional companies are important to link major centers to isolated regions of Brazil (MAP)
The Brazilian commercial aviation market goes far beyond the quartet that currently dominates operations in the country. Tam, Gol, Azul and Avianca are not only companies who provide their services in Brazil. Where the planes of these companies can not land due to technical limitations or areas that lack sufficient demand to fill them, there are also people who want to fly. It is this market that operate regional airlines.
As important as the big companies in the industry, small companies connect major centers to the far corners of Brazil, which airports do not have a clue or infrastructure enough to receive aircraft with jet engines. But small planes are welcome.
Low passenger capacity, but enough to meet local demand, the aircraft used by these companies, all with propeller engines, can also take off and land on short runways. Experience, however, is different: some aircraft have tight cabins are slow and can swing more than the Jets. But the important thing is to follow the point to B.
Meet regional airlines in Brazil, the "supporting cast" of the market:
Piquiatuba Air Transport
Founded in 2005, Piquiatuba Air Transport is based at the airport in Santarém (PA) and acts only in the North and Northeast regions, in small towns. The company's main markets are municipalities in the states of Pará, Maranhão, Tocantins and Amapá.
The Piquiatuba, based in Santarém (PA), operates in the North and Northeast (Disclosure)
The company's fleet currently consists of five Cessna 208 Caravan, which seats eight passengers and two Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia to 30 occupants. On the website of Piquiatuba you can buy tickets for the Altamira-flight Belem, one of the main routes of the company, for $ 100 already shorter trips are priced from R $ 89.
Asta Airlines
Who plans to travel the corners of Mato Grosso has three options: horse, car or plane. For those planning to go flying to cities like Juruena, Good Water or Sao Felix do Araguaia, the only option is to Asta Airlines company, which operates nine turboprop aircraft Cessna 208 Grand Caravan for up to nine passengers.
The Asta operates in Mato Grosso with aircraft Cessna 208 Grand Caravan C (Asta)
The Asta group was founded in 1995 and operated on charter flights and cargo transportation market. Operations with regular commercial flights began in 2009. The starting point of most of the company's flights is the international airport of Cuiaba, which is also its base and technical center. The company passes cost an average of $ 200 to R $ 300.
MAP Airlines
Air routes by the Amazon rainforest that in the 1940s and 1950s were made by Varig seaplanes, landing in rivers today are performed by aircraft of MAP. The company operates from the international airport of Manaus (AM) and covers a number of cities across the state as well as destinations in Pará and Rondônia.
The MAP, in Manaus (AM), works with ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft (MAP)
The fleet is composed of two MAP ATR 42-200 aircraft with seats 46, and three ATR 72-200. Aircraft that are already perteceram the staff of the Blue and Trip airlines, currently operating more modern versions of these aircraft with turboprop engines.
A passage of MAP back and forth between Manaus and Altamira, bought one month in advance, is quoted at around R $ 765.
SEVEN Airlines
Despite the great unknown in Brazil, Seven Airlines is a beloved company in the sector. The company was founded in 1978 by Captain Rolim Amaro, large national aviation enthusiast and founder of Tam, and began its activities primarily as taxi-air with small single engine airplanes. The scheduled flights operation was launched in 1998.
SEVEN was founded by Rolim Amaro, has three aircraft Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia in the fleet (SEVEN)
The base of the company is the airport Goiânia (GO), from where flights to cities of Goiás, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Pará, Amapá, Maranhão and the Federal District. The company has three models twin-engine EMB-120 Brasilia for 30 passengers and five Cessna 208B Grand Caravan C, for up to nine occupants. Seven of the flights cost from R $ 75.