Commercial flights from all over Brazil will be released in the city to meet the demand of people in the oil sector in Macaé
What they didn't do city of macaé in the last 40 years of Bacia de Campos, now the authorities are running after to optimize the municipality's revenues and improve the issue of people logistics. The Ministry of Transport issued a statement to Infraero (April 24) guaranteeing the release of works on the runway for preparation and adaptations so that commercial flights are possible in the city, which nowadays is only used to serve the offshore market of companies that operate in the Campos and Santos Basin.
The company that won the bid to complete these works is from Minas Gerais, they met on the last day 27 (Friday) with the team and the supervision of Infraero to discuss technical and bureaucratic terms of the works, which should already undergo interventions from June. At this moment, ANAC ((National Civil Aviation Agency) is working on the adequacy and organization of flights, consequently, on the authorization, planning and release that according to the agency's estimates, will be issued in about 30 days.
The cost of the works was BRL 24 million and the runway's classification level will be raised so that large commercial aircraft are allowed, which will not conflict with the helicopters that handle personnel logistics for the oil platforms. The project also foresees the widening of the shoulders, the installation of LED lamps in the markings, the implementation of vertical signs and the total painting of the runway. The work is expected to be completed within a period of one year.
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These works will solve problems in Macaé that have plagued people who work here for years, since many of them are from different regions of Brazil and even abroad. Many have to travel from airports that are far from the city, take buses or other land transport to reach the municipality, which is mainly focused on the offshore sector. Large domestic commercial flights will now improve and optimize costs for companies and individuals, in addition to consolidating Macaé as a reference in these types of services. “It was necessary to face the crisis in order to show defective sectors, previously accommodated by the abundance of oil”, says Paulo Nogueira, editor of the website Click Petróleo e Gás.