Plans in place for massive fleet of private airplanes

The number of private jets operating in Brazil will nearly double during the World Cup, with more than 700 expected to arrive from overseas, the Valor business daily said on Monday.

Leonardo Fiuza, the head of TAM Business Aviation, told the newspaper Brazil was expecting more business executives, politicians, royalty and wealthy tourists to fly in on private jets than at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The 700 private jets that descended on South Africa caused chaos during the tournament when some of them clogged the tarmac at the main airport in Durban before the semifinal match between Spain and Germany.