Galeão Airport in RJ has reduced the number of daily flights to Guarulhos in SP to 3. The measure will be valid until April 30.
Tom Jobim International Airport (Galeão), announced this morning (31) in a note, changes to prevent the new coronavirus. In line with the essential network operation announced by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), the airport will have its operations and movement reduced to three flights per day.
Reduction of three flights counting both landings and takeoffs by Gol Linhas Aéreas, to Guarulhos International Airport, in São Paulo. Early morning activities will be suspended.
Reduction in operation
According to the concessionaire RIOgaleão, until the end of April, the movement at the airport will be reduced. To adapt to this scenario, until April 30, Galeão will suspend its activities during the early hours of the morning. From 11 pm to 5 am, the airport will remain closed to passengers and staff. Until April 20, access to terminal 2 will be exclusively through door B, on the Departures floor, and door A, on the Arrivals floor.
Fernando Villela, partner in the regulatory law department at VPBG Advogados, explains that the new measures are part of the period of adaptation to operational restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Anac has already released the essential network that must be met by April.
Essential mesh
Air transport, especially in times of crisis, facilitates access to emergency services, as it allows for timely response to demands for medical equipment and healthcare professionals, for example. It was guaranteed by the Ministry of Infrastructure, ANAC and airlines with an essential air network, which allows daily connections between all Brazilian states and the Federal District. This plan had the participation of CADE, as a means of providing greater legal security to this agreement.
According to the lawyer, transportation requires federal coordination to allow the maintenance of essential activities in Brazil and macro planning to combat COVID-19.