Brazil’s Airline Crews Approve 2025–26 Contract, Calling Off Strike Threat

Overview

• An online vote held December 27–28 approved renewal of the collective agreement with 65.93% in favor, 32.77% against, and 1.30% abstention.
• The approval canceled a planned assembly to trigger a strike and removed the risk of New Year travel disruptions.
• Economic terms replace a proposed 14% bonus with INPC-based corrections plus a 0.5% real gain, totaling about 4.68% for wages, and raise meal allowances by 8%.
• Talks were mediated by the Superior Labor Court, with the Ports and Airports Ministry and ANAC following the process, and crews at GOL and Azul joined terms already accepted by Latam.
• Authorities said flight operations will proceed normally into early 2026, while further discussions will tackle fatigue and other operational issues.