Thunderstoms on GOL Boeing 737-800 São Paulo Congonhas to Brasilia & IATA Aviation Day Brazil

Today’s flight is São Paulo Congonhas to Juscelino Kubitschek airport in Brasilia BSB on PR-GUB, a Boeing 737-800 delivered to GOL in 2010 that flies also with Transavia in the Netherlands on the high season. Congonhas is the third busiest airport in Brazil, after São Paulo Guarulhos and Brasilia The airport is located in the middle of urban areas. There is a small but nice lounge. Congonhas used to be the main airport in São Paulo. In the past, there were flights to domestic destinations in Brazil and to other countries as well. That was until 1985, with the opening of São Paulo Guarulhos airport. Nowadays, CGH is a very congested airport, serving domestic destinations. It is especially popular for the CGH-SDU (Santos Dumont in Rio de Janeiro) shuttle, or ponte aérea. This plane still had GOL’s old livery. This is a 1 hour 20 min long flight and they served a snack and water (the other drinks were not complimentary, coffee included). Actually, I prefer to pay less, as I did, and have almost no frills. There were some heavy storms ahead and we could see some cumulonimbus clouds. We had to fly around the storm. This was the first time that I visited Brasilia. The reason of this trip is to attend the IATA Aviation Day Brazil, a one-day conference where there were many aspects about the airline business in Brazil being discussed. The last panel included the Presidents/CEOs of the four main airlines in Brazil: Claudia Sender (LATAM), Frederico Pedreira (Avianca Brasil), Antonoaldo Neves (Azul) and Paulo Kakinoff (GOL). The discussion was very interesting. The main complaints were about high costs due to bureaucracy, fuel costs, airport fees, strict regulations, compensations and taxes. As they all agreed, should those costs be reduced, the market would grow much bigger. Other complaints, especially by Mr. Neves (Azul) included the poor infrastructure in some airports that prevents them from flying there (i.e. due to a lack of a functioning fire engine). At BSB there is still at least one Boeing 767-200 parked that belonged to the defunct Transbrasil, that ceased operations in 2001. The airline used to be the third largest in Brazil, after VARIG and VASP. BSB is an impressive airport, it actually looks like a crystal palace. This hub has flights to all big cities in Brazil and also to neighboring countries, the US and Europe. Brasilia was built in the "middle of nothing" to become the capital of Brazil. The "plano piloto" is an airplane-shaped city. Many constructions have been designed by the infamous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, among others the cathedral. Unfortunately the day before there were some demonstrations. Many monuments were painted and some buildings invaded by demonstrators. Due to that, the buildings and museums that I wanted to visit were all closed to the public. In the video you will also see the Esplanada dos Ministerios and the Congresso Nacional. On the radio they were talking about the crash of the plane with the Chapecoense football team that happened a few days before my trip. Please remember to subscribe to my channel, like and comment the videos! Equipment: Boeing 737-800 Reg. PR-GUB Asiento/Assento/Poltrona/Seat: 23F Please subscribe to my channel and share this video if you liked it. My channel is full of similar videos and more will be coming shortly. I need your support. Do not forget to visit and like my Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/hdaviationvi... Por favor, suscríbanse a mi canal y compartan este video si les ha gustado. Hay muchos videos como este (y mejores) en mi canal y voy subiendo nuevos con cierta periodicidad. Necesito vuestro apoyo. No se olviden de visitar y dar me gusta en mi página de Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hdaviationvi... Link to the video    • Thunderstoms on GOL Boeing 737-800 São Pau...