The National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) reported this Wednesday that the average real fare found in the country, considering all routes, was R$669.41 per segment in April. This represents an increase of 9% compared to April 2025 and 9.8% compared to April 2024.
Tickets rose despite measures taken by the government to try to curb this increase.
Regarding the fare bands observed in the period, the majority of seats sold during the month (45.2%) were in the range below R$500, with 6.2% of seats sold for more than R$1,500.
Last month, aviation fuel (QAV) charged was R$5.40/liter, an increase of 40.7% compared to April 2025 and 23.3% compared to April 2024.
Anac’s methodology for calculating average fares encompasses all air tickets purchased in April by domestic passengers, route by route, considering only the price paid for the air transport service, not including additional fees, such as services purchased separately (baggage allowance, seat assignment, among others) and boarding taxes.
Of these airline tickets, only those purchased with a discount not available to the general public are excluded from the calculation, such as, for example, tickets purchased with mileage, with corporate fares and those sold to airline employees.
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Last month, the government announced that it will provide a line of financing through the National Civil Aviation Fund (Fnac), aimed at purchasing fuel, with risk assumed by companies, of up to R$2.5 billion per company.
In addition, a line of credit for working capital worth R$1 billion was created.
The government also published a decree that resets PIS/Cofins rates on QAV, which should generate a direct reduction of around R$0.07 per liter of fuel.
Airlines were able to postpone, until December, the payment of air navigation fees to the Airspace Control Department (Decea), for the months of April to June 2026.
Line of credit
This Tuesday, the National Monetary Council (CMN) approved a resolution that establishes the conditions for granting financing for working capital for providers of regular domestic air transport services.
The government authorized the creation of an emergency line of credit in the global amount of up to R$1 billion for the airline sector. The financing will be used exclusively for working capital.
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The maximum financing amount will correspond to up to 1.6% of the company’s or economic group’s annual gross revenue in 2025, limited to R$330 million per beneficiary. The operations will have a repayment period of up to six months, counting from the date of disbursement, with repayment in a single installment at the agreed maturity date.
Financial charges will correspond to 100% of the average rate of Interbank Deposit Certificates (CDI), calculated per business day, with default interest of 1% per month and a fine of 2% on the amounts owed in case of default. The funds must be released by June 28, 2026, in a single installment.
As a condition for accessing resources, borrowers must present statements about the absence of impediments to the contracting of operations, including those of a judicial or extrajudicial nature, the negative impacts of the increase in fuel prices on the company, the effects of the absence of the financing line on its operational capacity and the compatibility between the expected cash inflows and the obligations assumed.
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“The measure is of an emergency nature and aims to ensure immediate liquidity for companies in the airline sector, in order to preserve the continuity of domestic air transport operations in the face of strong pressure on the sector’s costs resulting from the recent increase in the price of aviation kerosene”, says the government.
The CMN is a collegial body chaired by the Minister of Finance, Dario Durigan, and composed of the president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Gabriel Galípolo, and the Minister of Planning and Budget, Bruno Moretti.
