I have noticed that Rio has low pax demand to major international destinations, compared with Sao Paulo (SBGR/GRU), or even Lima (SPIM/LIM). Granted, Rio (metro area pop: 11m) is smaller than Sao Paulo (pop: 20m), but it is larger than Lima (pop: 8.5m).
Examples:
From | To | Demand |
JFK | GIG | 74 |
JFK | GRU | 190 |
JFK | LIM | 140 |
MIA | GIG | 85 |
MIA | GRU | 320 |
MIA | LIM | 160 |
CDG | GIG | 110 |
CDG | GRU | 270 |
CDG | LIM | 180 |
How did the demand calculation return such an unusual result? Is there something about GIG (e.g. max landings per hour) that causes this?