purpose – To ascertain whether the deregulation of baggage franchise by the National Civil Aviation Agency, which enabled airlines to charge consumers via an agent, was linked to conditions of corporatist theory or of the regulatory State. Methodology/approach/design – basically, the theoretical assumptions on which the search will be based will be made, especially as regards Mihaïl Manoïl Manoïlescu’s corporatist theory and its application to the interests of airlines and consumers, as well as to the State Regulator and the mediating activity of regulatory agencies. At a later stage, the application of the existing federal legislation to the subject and the results of recent research on the values of air crossings in Brazil will be examined, with a view to verifying whether the interests of air companies, consumers or both have been taken into account by deregulating baggage franchise. Results – The change brought by the National Civil Aviation Agency is more in line with its prerogatives conferred by the regulatory state than with corporatist assumptions.