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Originally Posted by deedee1
The government in brazil have declared that they wish to achieve by 2015 that The new natal airport will receive inaccess of 5 +million passengers per year!!! THATS 80-100,000 PASSENGERS PER WEEK IN NATAL ALONE!!!!
If this "so called dream and fantasy" you keep refering to does become reality then "WE" will be laughing!!!
You have already factually stated on another post that SP and RIO currently receives 23+ million passengers through its airports per year!
But in fact how many actually stay in these locations and how many fly on to other airports and location...???
Or is that the stats article I read somewhere last week...???
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No, that was my post which was based on articles in Brazilian newspapers, research on the Brazilian airports management company website (Infraero) and the Brazilian investment page website and forums.
Now, I've been away over the weekend therefore haven't replied not because I didn't have anything to say but because I was down on the beach trying to go a darker shade of pale white... I'm one of those people that simply don't tan.
As I said earlier GW, currently, I agree that the flights to Natal at the moment aren't the best however everything indicates that things will improve. But I know you want facts so:
In 2003, a total of 5.687 international flights landed in airports in the Northeast of Brazil, carrying a total of 541.877 passengers, an average of just over 45 thousand international visitors per month.
In 2006, a total of 8.429 international flights landed in the same airports, carrying a total of 714.810 passengers, an average of just over 59.5 thousand international visitors per month.
I compared to 2006 because YTD the figures available only cover May 2007, so it made more sense to compare the full year to date figures for 2003 and 2006.
Now, lets look at those figures. Nothing really particularly amazing about them, however lets put them into context of what interests us (considering where the major investments are in the northeast):
In 2003, a total of 655 international flights landed in Natal airport, carrying 101.687 international passengers, an average of 8.473 passengers per month.
In 2006 this figure increased to 2002 international flights, carrying 249.189 passengers, an average of 20.765 passengers per month.
So, take the total for the northeast as the trend for the area, compare it to Natal specifically and this is what it looks like:
Region: 32% increase in international visitors ytd 2003-2006
Natal: 145% increase in international visitors ytd 2003-2006
Add to that the official statements by the Governor of Natal, Infraero, Brazilian Newspapers, etc all confirming that the New airport of Natal is now (finally) going to be pushed forwards with regards to completion, even if it means that it will be run for a period by the Spanish airport management company instead of the Brazilian one. Concluding this statement by saying that their goal is to reach an influx of 5 million passengers a year (ytd total in 2006 was 1.391.956 passengers total).
Factually, it looks like demand for Natal increased.
