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Brazil GA fleet grew less, flew less, Yearbook shows
Latest ABAG Yearbook reveals an overall slow-down in Brazil’s general aviation activity, but increases in private aviation and training.
According to ABAG’s Brazilian Yearbook of General Aviation, the sector with the largest numerical increase in 2014 was “private air service.” It was also the only category to increase the number of flights, accounting for 47 percent of GA operations.
According to ABAG’s Brazilian Yearbook of General Aviation, the sector with the largest numerical increase in 2014 was “private air service.” It was also the only category to increase the number of flights, accounting for 47 percent of GA operations.

The Brazilian general aviation fleet grew more slowly and flew less in 2014, with growth moving toward the country’s central-west region, according to the fifth edition of ABAG’s Brazilian Yearbook of General Aviation, issued here at LABACE 2015. The 2014 fleet of 15,120 aircraft represents a 3.2 percent increase from the prior year, the lowest growth rate since 2007, and despite including more aircraft, the 686,000 operations performed by general aviation in 2014 at the country’s 33 largest airports, represent a 7 percent drop from 2013.


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