Madonna: peak shipments to Rio should be on Friday (3) – 05/02/2024 – Daily Life

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São Paulo

Departures of fans who are going to watch the concert by singer Madonnaboth on buses and flights to the Rio de Janeirohave increased since Wednesday (1st), Labor Day holiday, and should peak this Friday (3). The presentation, on Copacabana beach, takes place on Saturday night (4).

According to Socicam, which manages the Tietê bus terminal, in the north of São Paulodemand for tickets has grown gradually as the date of the event approaches, but the estimate indicates a 55% increase in departures to Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

Until this Wednesday afternoon, boardings were scheduled until 3am on Saturday, resuming at 5am.

“If there is demand, the two-hour period can be filled with more extra cars”, states the dealership, which does not provide information on the total number of additional buses made available due to the show.

Even with the increase in demand, there were seats available on the websites of the airlines that operate the line, as well as applications that sell tickets online, for practically all times on Friday and Saturday.

But you need to be careful, as there are times when only one more ticket is available — this is the case of the bed seat on the Viação Cometa bus, which departs at 6:30 am on Friday and at 0:35 am on Saturday, from Tietê.

Artist, makeup artist and DJ Leonardo Caprara, 29, didn’t want to take any risks and secured a bus in early April —resident in Jundiaí (58 km from SP)he embarks early on Saturday morning from Tietê, with seven other friends.

“We saw a lot of people talking about going [ao show] on the networks and we closed them for fear of not finding any more”, he says.

Between Friday and Saturday, the forecast is that 8,000 passengers will travel along the Rio bus station20% more compared to normal days, coming mainly from São Paulo, Minas Gerais and the interior of Rio de Janeiro.

Retired teacher Renata Galvão da Silva Gordo, 59, living in Jaú (287 km from SP), arrived in Rio this Wednesday with five other people to celebrate the birthday of one of them and discovered that “they almost got a box for the show” .

“I rented an apartment six months ago and the show Madonnafell into our laps, as we are staying less than 500 meters from the stage”, she says, who returns to her city on Monday, of course, after watching the show in Copacabana. The group also traveled by bus.

For those going by car, CCR RioSP, which manages the Presidente Dutra highway, the main connection between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, states that it is unable to estimate whether there will be an increase in the flow of vehicles as there is no data for comparison. Even so, he says that there will be vehicles spread out on the road for 24 hours.

The search for air tickets has also grown in recent days and the peak is also expected for Friday.

Only the blue airline provides, between this Wednesday’s holiday and next Tuesday (7), 436 flights arriving or departing from Tom Jobim International Airport, Galeão, in Rio, of which more than 170 are extras with an estimate of approximately 60.3 thousand passengers coming from various states.

According to the company, by the end of this Wednesday afternoon, Azul recorded 86% occupancy on its extra flights to Galeão. The busiest date for departures is Friday. Upon return, 92% of the seats from these additional shipments were sold.

Azul operates at three airports in the capital of Rio de Janeiro: Santos Dumont, Galeão and Jacarepaguá. If the entire operation of the three terminals is added together, the company will have 870 movements (round trip) in the period, with an estimate of more than 103 thousand seats.

Latam says it has no plans for additional flights to Rio, but saw a 30% increase in demand due to the combination of events in the city and a promotion carried out by the company on March 23.

Between the 1st and 7th, Gol says it will have around a thousand flights arriving and leaving Rio de Janeiro, which could involve more than 186 thousand passengers.

The company does not report the occupancy of these flights, but says it has opened a promotion. Between this Thursday and Monday (6), the company sells round-trip tickets between Congonhas airport (in the south of São Paulo) and Santos Dumont, starting at R$599.

SPECIAL OPERATION ON GALEÃO

Extra flights depending on the show with Madonna represent around 10% of movement demand at Galeão during the period, explains the concessionaire RIOGaleão, which manages the airport.

To operate the special flow, seven positions in terminal 1 and six more in the south pier, which originally receives only international flights, will be used.

“In addition to the 17 spaces that are already routinely used in terminal 2, there will be 30 positions on the boarding bridge available for the domestic operation of the show”, states the concessionaire.

On Saturday and Sunday, the airport promises to double the number of 100% operations agents and passenger service teams during busy times.

It also plans to make 50% more carts available to transport passengers through the restricted area of ​​terminal 1 and the pier.

The taxi cooperative that operates in Galeão and the app cars will also be mobilized to increase demand, including in the days leading up to the show, says the concessionaire.

For those using public transport, the BRT bus system will operate 24 hours a day, including the line that connects Terminal Gentileza airport, allowing special integrations to Enseada de Botafogo and other regular services that already operate at the multimodal terminal.