Avianca The Brazilian Economy Isn’t Growing But Airline Capacity Is Share WhatsApp LinkedIn X Facebook Email Avianca The Brazilian Economy Isn’t Growing But Airline Capacity Is October 2018 1 min read Seth Kaplan Subscribe Already a subscriber? Login Issue Overview The good news for Brazil’s newly-elected president Jair Bolsonaro: In 2017, the economy grew, after two years of deep contraction. The bad news? Growth was a mere 1%. And this year, according to the IMF, growth will accelerate only slightly.