Originally Posted by
ULMFlyer
And this is something that I would very much like to know. It's hard to believe that these carriers are simply this incompetent in this day and age.
Hard to believe: but true. Economic regulation of air transport in Brasil operates a very light-handed approach, and in terms of tariffs allows carriers a great deal of freedom.
While TAM has an easy mechanism to restrict its lowest fares to local purchase, and is able to get away with it, it will.