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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
29.1Accounting policies
Transactions with related parties were entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, at prices, terms and financial charges according to the conditions established between the parties. Such operations include, among other aspects, shared service agreements and loan agreements.
29.2Related-party transactions
29.2.1Compensation of key management personnel
The Company’s employees are entitled to profit sharing based on certain goals agreed annually. In turn, executives are entitled to bonuses based on statutory provisions proposed by the Board of Directors and approved by the shareholders. The amount of profit sharing is recognized in profit or loss for the year in which the goals are achieved.
Key management personnel comprise the directors, officers and members of the Executive Committee and directors. Expenses incurred with remuneration and the respective charges, paid or payable, are shown below:
December 31,
Description202320222021
Short-term benefits19,429 58,788 30,080 
Post-employment benefit595 — — 
Share-based payment63,529 (17,441)13,042 
83,553 41,347 43,122 
Stock-based compensation plan, considers stock option plans, RSU and phantom shares. Such plans are expected to be settled in up to eight years and, therefore, and does not represent a cash outflow.
29.3Technology service sharing contract
The Company carried out transactions with Águia Branca Participações S.A., one of its shareholders, for the sharing of information technology resources for an indefinite period. The total amount of services acquired during the year ended December 31, 2023 was R$52 (R$52 as of December 31, 2022), recorded under the line “Other”, in the statements of operations. As of December 31, 2023, there were no amounts to be paid as a result of this transaction.
29.4Ticket sales contract
In March 2018, the Company entered into a ticket sales contract with Caprioli Turismo Ltda., a travel agency owned by the Caprioli family (which holds an indirect stake in the Company through TRIP former shareholders), whereby Caprioli Turismo Ltda. is granted a R$20 credit line for the purchase and resale of tickets for flights operated by the Company. This credit line is guaranteed by a non-interest bearing promissory note in the same amount payable.
29.5Aircraft sublease
The Company signed sublease agreements for three aircraft with Breeze Aviation Group (“Breeze”), an airline founded by the controlling shareholder of Azul, headquartered in the United States. The transaction was voted and approved by 97% of Azul's shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on March 2, 2020. Following good corporate practices, the controlling shareholder did not participate in the voting.
Until December 31, 2023, the operations with Breeze as recorded the following balances:
December 31,
CreditorDebtorType of operation20232022
ALABBreezeAircraft sublease30,802 67,056 
ALABBreezeMaintenance reservation refund3,901 — 
BreezeALABMaintenance reservation refund(19,559)(14,456)
December 31,
RevenuesExpensesType of operation20232022
ALABBreezeInterest incurred5,824 7,589 
29.6Lilium
In August 2021, the Company announced plans to make a strategic partnership with Lilium GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lilium N.V.(“Lilium”), which has ultimately become a related party as the Company’s Board of Directors’ Chairman was elected independent member of Lilium’s Board of Directors.
As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has no outstanding balances with Lilium.
29.7Azorra
In August 2022, the Company made agreements for purchase and sale of aircraft and engines with entities that are part of Azorra Aviation Holdings LLC. (“Azorra”) group, which has become a related party as the Company’s Board of Directors’ Chairman was elected independent member of Azorra’s Board of Directors.
The transactions between the Company and the Azorra group are shown below:
December 31,
CreditorDebtorType of operation20232022
ALABAzorraMaintenance reserves— 107,286 
ALABAzorraSecurity deposits4,643 3,913 
AzorraALABLeases(302,947)(113,832)
AzorraAzul InvestmentsLeases – Notes(74,572)— 
AzorraAzulLeases – Convertible to equity(102,683)— 
December 31,
RevenuesExpensesType of operation20232022
AzorraALABInterest incurred17,106 10,983