A Chilean low cost airline wants to operate in Brazil

According to Anac, three low cost companies had already requested authorization to fly in the country

26.Aug.2019 19:26 BRT
UPDATED 27.Jan.2020 19:01 BRT

According to Anac, the Chilean company JetSmart filed the request to operate flights from Argentina and Chile to Brazil;
Three low cost companies had already requested authorization to fly in the country.

A new low cost airline has filed a request to operate in Brazil, the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) reported today.

According to Anac, the Chilean company JetSmart filed the request to operate flights from Argentina and Chile to Brazil. The request was presented last week. The company is owned by the North-American fund Indigo Partners.

According to the agency, three low cost companies had already requested authorization to fly in the country. Anac attributes the requests to the breach of the baggage allowance rule. Three low-cost foreign companies have already arrived in the country: the European Norwegian, the Chilean Sky Airlines and the Argentine Flybondi.

This Tuesday (27), the Brazilian Congress will hold a session that should analyze several presidential vetoes, among which the veto to a part of the text that recreated the baggage allowance, setting the limit of 23 kilos as free baggage allowance for aircraft with capacity to more than 31 places.