Meeting between Brazil’s govt, airlines, Petrobras called off

A meeting that was scheduled to happen between Brazil's government, local airlines and state-run oil firm Petrobras on Thursday has been canceled, Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira said. The meeting was part of efforts by the Brazilian government to make air travel more affordable and would involve Petrobras as the company sells jet fuel, whose prices carriers say are excessively high in Brazil. This Thursday Petrobras lowered jet fuel prices to distributors by around 0.6% in some key marketing areas such as Guarulhos, Betim, Duque de Caxias and Paulinia, as part of a routine tweak in its jet fuel prices based on factors including oil prices and exchange rates.