Fewer Flights To Sao
Paulo Airport After
Tragedy
Brazil's Civil Aviation
Council (Conac) on
Friday announced new
measures to reduce
aircraft traffic at the
Congonhas airport in Sao
Paulo.
The announcement was
made three days after
190 people died when an
Airbus-320 belonging to
TAM crashed into a fuel
station and exploded.
Brazil's Civil Aviation
National Agency (ANAC)
has 60-days to
reallocate the flights
of the airlines that use
Congonhas.
The airport will no
longer operate as a
stop-over or handle
charter flights. It will
now only handle direct
flights.
ANAC will have to revise
accords with other
countries so it can
redistribute foreign
flights.
The aviation council
also asked ANAC to
provide more to the
families of those killed
when TAM flight 3054
crashed.
ANAC has three months to
present options for a
location for a new
airport in Sao Paulo,
Conac said.
Specialists have said
that the operations
systems at Congonhas are
not viable.
Congonhas is located in
the center of Brazil's
largest city Sao Paulo
and is the busiest
airport in South
America. |
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