Proverbial

It is no secret that this Workers’ Party administration has no sympathies for Varig’s problems. In fact, one might say that were it not for the Judiciary and the company’s judicial reorganization would never have gone through. Even after the auction, Anac (National Agency of Civil Aviation) stalled its homologation process and tried to strip it of its old routes.

But after two months of neverending air traffic chaos, with the Air Force being called in to help transport stranded passengers, it seems safe to say that Varig is the one carrier that’ll come out of it with reason to celebrate.

With a better aircraft to routes ratio, it is less prone to the sort of chain reaction delays that both Gol and Tam have been experiencing. Covering fewer destinations, it can easily handle the flow of passengers in airports, even in vastly undersized ones such as São Paulo’s Congonhas. In fact, Varig has been able to lend a hand (.br) and schedule extra flights to help transport Tam passengers.

And all this while having significantly lower rates than their closest competitors. Thus it seems quite safe to say that the same administration that’s been so eager to drive the company to bankruptcy has actually given it the chance it needed to regain the public’s trust and reestablish its place as a major player among Brazilian air carriers. Competition is a many splendored thing.