This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news about Brazil. A selection of numbers that help explain what is going on in Brazil. This week’s theme: Carnival!
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1.36 million passengers
Carnival will keep Brazil’s airplanes busy, with 1.36 million people expected to fly to and from the 42 airports managed by state-owned company Infraero during the holidays. The number represents a 3-percent increase from last year. The number of flights is also going up 4.5 percent to 11,556 arrivals and departures over a four-day stretch. The busiest hubs will be São Paulo Congonhas and Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont—both are expected to welcome 256,000 and 219,700 people, respectively. In the case of Santos Dumont, the...
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