Intersectoral Requirements and Influences: Assessing the Role of Air Transport Markets in the Brazilian Economy

Abstract

From the mid-1990s onward, microeconomic deregulation and liberalization policies that increased competition drove substantial growth in Brazil’s air transport market. Over this period, air transport services have increasingly reached beyond high-income households and capital-intensive industries, extending to lower-income groups and a wider range of productive sectors. This paper examines how air transport markets interact with Brazil’s productive structure. Both the open and the closed Input–Output models were employed, applying two complementary analytical techniques — Requirement Coefficients and the Field of Influence. Results indicate that public administration and services tend to exert greater effective pressures and influences on the demand for air passenger transport.