By Xinhua
Brasilia : Brazil's Civil Aviation Council (Conac) has announced new measures to reduce aircraft traffic at the Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, days after 190 people died when an Airbus-320 crashed into a fuel station and exploded.
Following the announcement Friday, Brazil's Civil Aviation National Agency (ANAC) has 60-days to reallocate the flights of the airlines that use Congonhas.
The airport will no longer operate as a stopover or handle charter flights. It will now only handle direct flights. ANAC will have to revise accords with other countries so it can redistribute foreign flights.
The aviation council also asked ANAC to provide more compensation to the families of those killed in the accident involving a TAM airlines plane.
ANAC has three months to present options for a location for a new airport in Sao Paulo, Conac said.
Specialists have said that the operations systems at Congonhas are not viable. Congonhas is located in the centre of Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo and is the busiest airport in South America.