The number of tickets sold represents only 0.33% of the total made available so far by airlines
Summary
The Ministry of Ports and Airports has released updated data on the Voa Brasil program, which offers tickets for R$200 to retirees. To date, 10,000 tickets have been sold, 85% of which are concentrated in the Southeast and Northeast regions.
After 50 days of operation, the Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor) has published updated data on the Voa Brasil program, which offers tickets for R$200 to retirees who have not traveled by plane in the last 12 months. So far, 10 thousand tickets were sold inside the program – the number corresponds to just 0.33% of the 3 million made available by the airlines.
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they were reserved tickets for 68 municipalitieswith 85% concentrated in the South-East (45%) and North-East (40%), the most populous regions of the country. MPor celebrates the variety of destinations chosen by retirees, noting that many of them are not large urban centers.
“Voa Brasil provides this, allowing retirees to find low fares to visit their relatives or tourist cities out of season,” reads a note from the ministry.
The most sought-after city by retirees was São Paulo, which received the equivalent of nearly 20 full planes from 47 other municipalities during this period. Rio de Janeiro was the second most popular destination.
The capital of Ceará was the most popular city in the Northeast for the program’s beneficiaries. One in four tickets sold in the region, in this first month of activity, was destined for the state’s airports (Fortaleza, Juazeiro do Norte and Jericoacoara). The number of retirees who have flown to Fortaleza since the beginning of the Voa Brasil program would be enough to fill more than six planes.
See the 10 most popular destinations on Voa Brasil:
- Sao Paulo (SP) – 2918 tickets
- Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – 963 tickets
- Fortaleza (CE) – 922 tickets
- Recife (PE) – 775 tickets
- Salvador (BA) – 602 tickets
- Brasilia (DF) – 581 tickets
- Belo Horizonte/Confins (MG) – 377 tickets
- Natal (RN) – 348 tickets
- João Pessoa/Bayeux (PB) – 322 tickets
- São Luís (MA) – 263 tickets
How Voa Brasil works
The program does not provide any subsidies from the federal government for the purchase of tickets, and companies are free to offer them. “It is a cooperative policy that we have implemented with airlines to ensure that more Brazilians can fly,” explains Tomé Franca, secretary of Civil Aviation, to MPor.
The Ministry of Ports and Airports plans to launch the second phase of the program in the first half of 2025, which will benefit students of public educational institutions.
How to buy tickets
To purchase the ticket you need to go to the website gov.br/voabrasil. The login and password are the same as those used to access other government benefits and programs. The pensioner will be directed to the commercial platform, where he will choose the origin, destination and date of travel. The system checks if there is an offer available on some of the available companies.
The routes, dates, times and seats offered are not managed by the federal government, but only by the airlines.
The government also warns against sending messages with offers of tickets or trips. It also does not require the creation of a PIX at the time of purchase.
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