CEO of Brazil’s Biggest Airline Is Optimistic Despite Currency Strife

It’s proving to be a bumpy year in Brazil, but the top executive of the country’s biggest airline can’t shake his optimism.

Despite election-year uncertainty and a currency that’s yet again unsettled, Chief Executive Officer Paulo Sergio Kakinoff sees historically low interest rates and subdued inflation -- coupled with an economy that’s lurching forward -- boosting Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA. That, and loyal consumers.