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With no ABAG Yearbook for 2016, the only available source of Brazilian business aviation traffic data is from military air traffic control provider Decea.

The Rio Olympics opened this weekend without notable general aviation traffic flow issues, despite heightened security procedures.

Brazilian armed forces, police and fire departments will use the Helibras helicopters for airspace defense, transporting security personnel during Games.

Bizjet operators flying in for Olympics are being urged to arrange itineraries to undergo additional security checks outside host city Rio and São Paulo.

Before entering airspace restricted for Olympics, genav aircraft must undergo a security inspection to receive a code required for filing a flight plan.

Business aaircraft using Rio airspace will be subject to additional security inspections during the 2016 Olympics.

Lider Aviação has been selected as the official business aviation handler for Rio Tom Jobim International Airport during the 2016 Olympics.

Flying in to Rio and surrounding airports will require plenty of patience.

The first staging of the new biennial International Brazil Air Show will be held in Rio de Janeiro from March 29 to April 2, 2017.

Space at Rio de Janeiro’s airports will be tighter than during the World Cup, with no plans yet announced for high-density bizjet parking.

The all-composite CA-9, tail number PR-ZRA, was registered as experimental, as are some 6,400 of Brazil's 18,400 general aviation aircraft.

Competition for ramp space comes from aircraft carrying heads of state and show horses

First flight scheduled for second half of 2016

Upgrades to increase range by as much as 450 nautical miles

The move adds to the other Textron aviation brands that TAM AE has long represented in Brazil: Cessna since 1982 and Bell Helicopter since 2004.

Traffic has slowed in recent months, but airport operators are getting ready for the next traffic spike.

LABACE 2016 will take place August 28 to September 1, two weeks later than the usual mid-August date,

Brazilian investigators point to IMC conditions and a lack of training on missed approaches in the 560 XLS+ in the August 13, 2014 crash.

The temporary exhibit runs through February but some of the materials were donated to the museum's permanent archive.

Marson will remain chairman of LABACE organizer ABAG.

Brazil’s ANAC has approved the new Dallas Aeronautical Services composites and structural repair facility.

Under a legal cooperation treaty, the sentence of three years, one month and 10 days would be served in the U.S.

The site will be formally inaugurated later this year.

Business airport planned to west of São Paulo will see runway construction underway by year-end, and opening by June 2016.

Congonhas is cramped though convenient. There are alternatives, with the most obvious being Campo de Marte

A combi version would include a separate club-seating area as well as 40 regular seats.

For the first time in three years the weather is good in São Paulo, but this there are far worse times for Brazil economically.

ABAG and other industry associations resisted new appointments to the ANAC board based on political favors.

AGS offers ground transport for special aviation needs, and packaging.

Latest ABAG Yearbook reveals an overall slow-down in Brazil’s general aviation activity, but increases in private aviation and training.