Análise de implantação de ônibus executivo ligando a zona hoteleira de Natal ao Aeroporto Internacional Aluízio Alves

Abstract

The Governador Aluízio Alves airport has a series of problems relative to its access, mainly when it comes to its distance to Natal's city center and hotelier area. In that sense, this work intends to present a viability analysis of a very usual alternative in Brazil and in the world: a selective bus line connecting the airport to the city. Through the establishment of a route and the estimate demand for the service, a time schedule was proposed, with the costs involved in line operation analyzed. With that data, a cash flow was established to analyze the viability of the proposed service, with the net present value (NVP). The results indicate that, given the calculation conditions and a estimated tariff of R$ 25,00, the project is viable for the minimum rate of attractively (MRA) interval of 4% to 10% per semester. Finally, the equilibrium tariff was calculated, which represents the value that makes the NVP null, i.e, the value that balances earning and expenditures. Therefore, for the project to be viable, given a MRA of 7%, the tariff must be higher that the equilibrium tariff. The alternative is satisfactory and advantageous not only for the investor, but also for the user, mainly in relation to the quality of the offered service and because of the significantly smaller cost when compared to the current transportation services.