![]() Airlines need widebodies to reach us and cargo can compensate for the lack of business travel carriers would usually need, making routes financially sustainable. This is also important for GRU considering our geographic location in the south of South America. But when it comes to rebuilding the cargo that means airlines will be able to offer good prices to stimulate demand and still earn money. ![]() So, we don’t need more capacity in the market right now, we have about 50% of the capacity we had pre-COVID. The load factors on those flights are in the low 40s, percentage-wise, but they have a huge amount of cargo. For example, pre-COVID we had 17 flights a week with Lufthansa, and now we still have 14. Cargo is another vital piece of the puzzle. The market is like a chess board at the moment, especially while the demand is still recovering. Buenos Aires is a major market for us, but it’s also much more viable for European airlines to fly to São Paulo and connect on to Buenos Aires than to bring two aircraft every day. I believe we can get to about 50% of the pre-COVID traffic within three to four months once the borders open. When the US or European markets open for business, that’s when we’ll see the impact of that pent-up demand.
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