A distribuição de slots e a concorrência no setor de aviação civil brasileiro

Abstract

The Brazilian civil aviation industry has undergone profound changes since the 1990s, with the liberalization of passenger air transport markets, which has led to significant alterations in the operating model of the air network; the most evident being the replacement of the point-to-point system with hub-and-spoke networks. The combination of the current business model of the companies with the configuration of airport and air traffic infrastructure has proven to be highly inefficient. Considering these aspects, the objective of this work is to assess competition in the Brazilian civil aviation sector, using as a unit of analysis the network industries in the presence of essential facilities, here represented by access to slots – landing and takeoff times – at congested airports. The main conclusion is that the distribution of slots is of fundamental importance in establishing the level of competition in the passenger air transport industry.