Avianca The Brazilian Economy Isn’t Growing But Airline Capacity Is Share LinkedIn icon Twitter icon facebook icon Mail icon 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.