That's still fewer people than take the bus

The sensation I got was that the investment firms in Brazil are a lot more conservative, and Global Founders is much more aggressive. You're going for No. 1 or nothing. And our mission in Brazil is to be the No. 1 travel metasearch engine, and now we have the resources."Global Founders Capital is a new investment arm for Rocket Internet, the world's largest digital incubator,kashgar border transfer which has funded Brazilian startups like Dafiti, a fashion merce site that closed 2012 with $200mm in revenue.GFC invests aggressively in emerging markets, and Brazil's travel market is certainly emergent in some respects. Brazil is late to the low-cost airfare party that has been going strong in the U.S., Europe and Asia, which the Wall Street Journal chalks up to "government regulation, poor airport infrastructure and the dominance of flag carriers." But with "rising wages, government support, improving infrastructure and the failure or consolidation of some of the region's biggest full-service carriers," Brazilians are starting to spend more time flying the friendly skies.Paiva says the market is fertile for low-cost airlines – and flight parison sites like Voopter. "The first reason is that demand for air travel was repressed by really high ticket prices. Air travel used to be a privilege reserved only for the highest economic class. It's still expensive, but it's a lot cheaper than they used to be. And that has to do with the introduction of new airlines in Brazil like Azul and Avianca." Since JetBlue founder David Neeleman's discount airline Azul "Blue" landed in Brazil in 2009, Brazilians taking flight have jumped 40 percent to 94.6 million people. That's still fewer people than take the bus,silk road group tour but bus travel is down 3 percent in the same period to 126 million people. In 2011, about 5 percent of the country 10.7 million Brazilians flew for the very first time. And more Brazilians are going abroad than ever. Brazilians are the second-largest source of foreign tourists in New York alone, and the fastest-growing. Paiva also cites a piece of Open Skies legislation expected to be approved this year, which would allow foreign airlines to operate domestic routes in Brazil, possibly in time for 3.6 million World Cup travelers this summer four out of five will be Brazilians.