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Brazil Air Hub Congonhas Has Room For 25% Expansion-Report

Brazil's busiest airport, the Congonhas airfield in Sao Paulo, could expand capacity by almost 25%, Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported Friday, citing a study by Brazil's air force.Congonhas, which last year carried 16.7 million passengers, could carry as many as 20.7 million passengers a year if Brazil's government reversed restrictions imposed after a 2007 crash that led to 199 deaths, Folha said. Following the 2007 accident, where a plane flown by leading airline Tam skidded off the runway and crashed into a nearby building, the government restricted the number of flights at the airport pending investigations. According to the study cited by Folha, Congonhas airport could safely allow four more flights per hour at the airport.According to Folha, currently Congonhas allows 34 takeoffs or landings per hour, with four of those movements reserved for private airplanes, and the remaining 30 for commercial flights. If the airport were to increase the number of takeoffs or landings to 38 ...

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