Analysis of the productivity of the Brazilian air transportation. / Análise da produtividade do transporte aéreo brasileiro.

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2004

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This doctoral thesis focuses on the analysis of the productivity of the main production factors, labor, capital, energy and also on the processes directly managed by the airlines. The thesis assesses the operational productivity and its explaining variables in the post-deregulation period, as well as its impacts on the economic performance of Brazilian airlines. Until the beginning of the 1990s, air passenger transportation has been strongly regulated in Brazil. This was the case with domestic and the international markets, which is now going through a liberalization process. The liberalization of the Brazilian market occurred in a similar way in the United States and Europe wich generated increased productivity gains. In the case of the Brazilian air transport some factors contributed to the efficiency and gains of productivity, e.g. the increase of the main production costs and financial expenses (diminishing profits), the growing indebtedness of the Brazilian airlines (which affected their cash situation) and the enhancing competition in the domestic and in the international markets (forcing them to increase their operational and managerial efficiency, as a way to guarantee their survival). The thesis showed extraordinary increases in total factor productivity mainly due to increases in labor and energy productivity. To guarantee these productivity gains the managerial actions focused mainly on labor reduction, fleet restructuring, standardizing and improved utilization of the airplanes.These productivity gains however didn’t translate into financial results due to sharp increases in financial expenses. During the studied time period, the Brazilian total factor productivity rose by 34.3% or 3.4% p.a. and remained therefore above Brazilian industrial productivity.

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productivity (analysis) transporte aéreo - brasil air transport - brazil produtividade (análise)

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