Identification of factors for the effective decentralization of regular international passenger flights in Brazil

The paper aims to identify which elements influence the Brazilian international air transport, in order to stimulate that there is decentralization of scheduled international passenger flights in Brazil. It was applied a surveys for passengers inside international boarding lounges, and used a multi-criteria analysis AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) with professors and professionals from the public and private sectors who work with air transportation in Brazil. As the view of the international passengers, they care mainly with the factor lowest total travel time when choosing the airport to make their travel, and they plan their trip under strong influence of travels agency. For professionals whose works in the international airline industry, the existence of elements that stimulate demand in some geographical area is the key factor to create news internationals flights. Furthermore, it was found that government stimuli, as economic subsidies and review Air Services Agreements (ASAs), have little effectiveness to create new international flights in Brazil.